Nominal: 796.5 Hz Weight: 1344 lbs Diameter: 39.25" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by John Stephens 1723
Dove Bell ID: 3270 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626078
http://www.horsfordbenefice.org.ukGrid reference: TG 201 223
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Grade I listed building Parking available Stained Glass Bell Ringing
Footprint of Church buildings: 476 m²
Mainly C14, of flint with stone dressings and lead, slate and tile roofs. West tower, 2 storey south porch, nave, south transept and chancel. 2 stage tower with stepped angle buttresses. Perpendicular 3 light west window, single light sound hole and 2 light belfry openings with cusped 'Y' tracery. Parapet with flushwork quatrefoils. South porch has floor removed. C15 doorway with attached columns with capitals. Above a 3 bay Perpendicular window with transom and 2 central vaulted niches. East and west 2 light windows with straight heads. Nave with 2 north and 2 south 3 light windows with "petal pattern" tracery of the Decorated period. Additional 2 light window on north nave wall. Stepped buttresses between the windows. South flushwork parapet inscribed 1894. South window of transept with Reticulated tracery, and paired lancets to west. C19 3 light window to east. Diagonal buttresses. Chancel with 3 C19 windows to north and 2 C19 windows and C19 priests door to south. Angle buttresses at east end, with C19 Geometric style east window. Brick buttress on north side of nave, and cusped arched niche indicates site of former transept. C15 moulded oak north and south doors, and C15 oak doors to parvais and tower.
As listed on Historic England website
Restored hammerbeam roof with angels at the ends of the beams. Blocked arch to former north transept, and arch to south transept with has C19 single framed roof. Perpendicular arch to chancel which has arched tomb recess in south wall. Angle piscina c.1300, and dropped sill sedilia. East window reveal has attached shafts with undercut capitals of late C13 date. Collection of English mediaeval glass and imported glass from the Cloisters of Steinfeld in south nave window. 4 fine C14 oak desks with fronts decorated with a blind arcade of ogee cusped arches with ½ shafts with base and capitals. Between the arches, quatrefoils alternating with mouchette wheels. C14 hexagonal font base with C19 top. Clustered columns at the angles, with mutilated figures between, including crucifixion.
As listed on Historic England website
Nominal: 796.5 Hz Weight: 1344 lbs Diameter: 39.25" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by John Stephens 1723
Dove Bell ID: 3270 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1200.5 Hz Weight: 420 lbs Diameter: 27.5" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1632
Dove Bell ID: 24566 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1063.5 Hz Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1656
Dove Bell ID: 24567 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 961.5 Hz Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 32.25" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Charles Newman 1701
Dove Bell ID: 24568 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 893 Hz Weight: 746 lbs Diameter: 33.5" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Thomas Potter
Dove Bell ID: 24569 Tower ID: 14420 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Grid reference: TG 201 223
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
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.
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| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Sweet chestnut | Veterantree | 1 |
| Sweet chestnut | Ancienttree | 1 |
| 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 |
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.
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.
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