Nominal: 701.5 Hz Weight: 1412 lbs Diameter: 42.63" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1641
Dove Bell ID: 6235 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Grid reference: TG 256 367
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Rood Screen Stained Glass
Footprint of Church buildings: 665 m²
Medieval. Flint with stone dressings. Graded slate roof. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch. Embattled tower of 4 stages with setback buttresses (its 'emendation' mentioned in wills from 1431-1467) Flushwork to buttresses with embattled tracery. Flushwork basecourse with wavy frieze above with shells and blank shields. West doorway with paired shafts having polygonal abaci and bases with a continuous inner order and continuous order between the shafts; arch with rolls with hollows between; encircled cusped quatrefoils with shields in the spandrels. Doorway flanked by niches with shafts supporting a rib-vaulted canopy; wavy frieze over with shells and shields. Tall 6-light west window with panel tracery; alternate stone and flint voussoirs; hood mould continuing to form string course. Stair turret to north-west corner with cross and slit lights. Square ringing chamber openings with rows of panel tracery forming a reticulated grid. 3-light transomed bell-openings with panel tracery. Buttressed nave of 4 bays was previously aisled (aisles demolished 1791); line of aisle roofs visible on east face of tower. Walls now C19 with 3 C19 Decorated 3-light windows to south. To the north central C19 chimney, Y-tracery window; some C19 brick to buttresses. Rood stair at angle of nave and chancel supported on a 2-centred chamfered arch with brick above. Buttressed chancel of 3 bays with angle buttresses to the eastern corners. To the south 3 3-light restored windows with cusped reticulated tracery that to the centre bay with higher sill to accommodate priest's door; sill band with figures to centre bay; doorway with 2 continuous hollow chamfers with a roll between; hood mould with figures stops. 6 light C19 Decorated east window. South porch possibly moved after demolition of aisles incorporates Medieval archway, restored, with shafts with polygonal abaci and a continuous outer order. Blocked lights in east and north walls. C19 nave doorway.
As listed on Historic England website
Tall tower arch with pair shafts with polygonal bases and abaci, with a continuous roll moulding between the shafts and an outer continuous roll moulding. Tower buttresses visible inside. C14 nave arcades of 4 bays still in place; octagonal piers, bases and abaci; 2 hollow chamfered orders to arch; hood moulds with figure stops. C19 roof. Polygonal shafts and abaci to chancel arch. Rere-arches of chancel windows have thin shafts with foliated capitals; hood moulds with figure stops. The east rere-arch is restored with foliated stops. l½ ogee arches of piscina and sedilia, cut by window. Sill band with figures over priest's door. Rere-arch has 5 orders of roll and fillet moulding with deeply cut hollows, hood with figure stops. North door C19. C14 glass in small south windows. Good C19 roof with arched wind-braces and crown posts on C19 foliated corbels. Remains off rood stair. Medieval screen- with restored upper parts. Reset marble monument in north nave wall to Jane Barton d.1726 and William Barton d.1740 with Corinthian pilasters, an arched head with cherubs; foliated apron with cherub's head. Painted arms of George III. Restored octagonal font with quatrefoils to bowl.
As listed on Historic England website
Nominal: 701.5 Hz Weight: 1412 lbs Diameter: 42.63" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1641
Dove Bell ID: 6235 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 1175.5 Hz Weight: 542 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 1987
Dove Bell ID: 39890 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1051.5 Hz Weight: 586 lbs Diameter: 30.63" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1641
Dove Bell ID: 39891 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 935 Hz Weight: 638 lbs Diameter: 32.38" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1641
Dove Bell ID: 39892 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 882.5 Hz Weight: 881 lbs Diameter: 35.38" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1641
Dove Bell ID: 39893 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Nominal: 787 Hz Weight: 1280 lbs Diameter: 40.38" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by Simon Severey ('Crostwight Group')
Dove Bell ID: 39894 Tower ID: 14366 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Grid reference: TG 256 367
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.
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
| 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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