Nominal: 749 Hz Weight: 1260 lbs Diameter: 40.63" Bell 1 of 8
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1626
Dove Bell ID: 4970 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Northrepps: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TG 244 390
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 380 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval. Flint with stone dressings. Tile and lead roofs. West tower, nave,north and south aisles, south porch, chancel, vestry. Embattled tower of 4 stages, its building mentioned in wills,1475-87. Diagonal buttresses. Flushwork base. West doorway with chamfered reveal, arch with rolls and hollows with fillets; encircled quatrefoils in the spandrels. Frieze over, with crowned Ms and IHSs on panels alternating with knapped flint. West window of 3 lights with panel tracery, restored in hood mould C19, continuing to form string course. Square ringing chamber openings with cusped quatrefoil tracery; hood moulds. 3-light bell openings with panel tracery. Gargoyles. Battlements mentioned in wills of 1523 and 1526 again with crowned Ms and IHSs; finals with crockets. Stair turret to south east corner with quatrefoil lights. Nave of 4 bays. Buttressed north aisle with diagonal buttresses. North doorway with roll moulding; 2 C19 2-light windows under 4-centred arches with alternate brick and flint voussoirs, 1 restored window of 2 lights with square head; hood mould. West window of 3 lights with triangular head. Stone parapet. Lead roof. South aisle has similar windows but west window of 3 lights with panel tracery, east window of 3 lights with panel tracery. Stone parapet. North and south clerestoreys each have 4 2-light C19 windows under 4-centred arches with alternate brick and flint voussoirs. Buttressed chancel has C19 vestry to north. To the south 2 square-headed windows of 2 cusped lights with embattled transoms restored in C19; 2 lancets. C19 east-window of 3 lights. Buttressed south porch with single cusped lights with hood moulds to east and west. Stone parapet gable. Porch doorway has an outer order of continuous moulding enclosing shafts with polygonal abaci, the arch having wave moulding. Medieval arch-braced porch roof. Doorway to nave with roll and fillet moulding; hood mould. Door with C14 ironwork cross and hinges.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C14 4-bay arcade of octagonal shafts, bases and abaci, arch with 2 chamfered orders. Nave roof greatly restored in C19; wall posts with polygonal bases and abaci on embattled corbels, longitudinal braces; traceried ashlaring. Arch- braced aisle roofs restored in C19. Large tower arch the full width of the tower has shafts with rolls in the angles, polygonal bases and abaci; inner order of arch on corbels possibly C19. Cusped piscina in south aisle. Stoup beside south door. Chancel arch with polygonal shafts and 2 chamfered orders. C19 arcade in north chancel wall. Small brick aumbrey. Large splays to lancets. C19 roof. Some re-used poppy-head bench ends, some box pews. Restored Medieval screen with paint removed, upper parts renewed. C18 pulpit. Arms of George III. Much restored C14 font with endircled quatrefoils on bowl.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1499 Hz Weight: 375 lbs Diameter: 24.38" Bell 2 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd 1981
Dove Bell ID: 33314 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1406 Hz Weight: 413 lbs Diameter: 25.5" Bell 3 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co (Bellfounders) Ltd 1981
Dove Bell ID: 33315 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1250 Hz Weight: 471 lbs Diameter: 27" Bell 4 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1938
Dove Bell ID: 33316 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1124 Hz Weight: 461 lbs Diameter: 28.5" Bell 5 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1872
Dove Bell ID: 33317 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1000 Hz Weight: 632 lbs Diameter: 31.13" Bell 6 of 8
Founded by (unidentified)
Dove Bell ID: 33318 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 936 Hz Weight: 876 lbs Diameter: 34.38" Bell 7 of 8
Founded by John II Brend 1636
Dove Bell ID: 33319 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 833 Hz Weight: 977 lbs Diameter: 37.88" Bell 8 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1872
Dove Bell ID: 33320 Tower ID: 16579 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 244 390
Burial and War Grave Information
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.
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.
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