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Founded by Charles Newman 1703
Dove Bell ID: 51188 Tower ID: 18452 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Blickling: St Andrew
Diocese of Norwich
Festival Church, 626066
https://aylshamchurchbenefice.churchdesk.com/blicklingOverview
Grid reference: TG 178 284
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 497 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval with extensive C19 remodelling. Flint with limestone dressings. Lead roofs. West tower, nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, north aisle, north-east chapel. Square west tower by G.E. Street, 1876: angle- buttresses to west, north and south aisles flank tower base. Tall lancet west window, lancets at bell stage and 3-light bell openings with cusped Y- tracery. Coped parapet on corbel-table. C19 south porch by Street, diagonal gable buttresses with flushwork in cusped niches. Coped and parapeted south gable with ashlar and flushwork decoration. 2-light east and west windows. South doorway set in flushwork: C13 with engaged shafts and pointed arch with keeled roll-moulding. 4-bay nave clerestorey with 2-light cusped Y-tracery windows. Nave and chancel fenestration all C19 Perpendicular, with bays divided by staged buttresses with flushwork panels. 5-light east window by William Butterfield, 1851. Plain north doorway with hoodmould on headstops, early C14; plain continuous chamfer and wave moulding to arch.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C15 nave roof, much repaired and renewed: arch-braced rafters, alternate bays on wallposts and head corbels. Tower arch with double hollow-chamfer and polygonal responds. Circular quatrefoil opening above arch; 2-light C19 plate tracery window above. C15 north and south arcades, four bays, piers with four shafts and continuous wave and hollow-chamfer mouldings. Aisle roofs C15 with roll-moulded and arch-braced principals with traceried spandrels; wallposts on head corbels. Chapels in eastern bays of aisles. The south chapel has C20 linenfold dado panelling; piscina in south-east corner with petalled bowl and hollow-chamfered arch. Angle-piscina in south- east corner of chancel with traceried and crocketted ogee heads on carved headstops. In the north-east corner an elaborate C19 memorial niche to the 7th Marquis of Lothian (d.1841): ogee arched recess, crocketted, cusped and subcusped; fleurons around arch. Chancel contains good wall monuments, notably to Elizabeth Gurdon (d.1582) a semicircular niche with leaf spandrels and modillion cornice on Ionic colonnettes containing a kneeling figure; James Hobart (d.1670) - Ionic pilasters flanking tablet with skulls on base. C17 and C18 slabs in chancel floor. In the south aisle a C16 tomb chest to Sir Edward Clere with sixteen shields in arched recesses. Wall monument to Margaret Graile (d.1723). Many good C14 and C15 brasses including a large figure of Sir Nicholas Dagworth (d.1401), bust of James de Holveston (d.1378) and Roger and Cecily Felthorp 1454 (portrayed with their 16 children). In the nave, a large chest tomb with recumbent figure and attendant angels at head and foot to William Schomberg Robert, 8th Earl of Lothian (d.1870), by G.F. Watts 1878. Adjacent to south door a white marble relief by A.G. Walker to Constance, widow of 8th Marquess (d,1901). C17 pulpit on coved pedestal, hexagonal. Octagonal C15 font with lions in panels around bowl, angel-corbels below bowl and four lions around stem. Open ogee cover with pelican-finial.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 178 284
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 31/07/1880
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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