Nominal: 761 Hz Weight: 1204 lbs Bell 1 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1622
Dove Bell ID: 2393 Tower ID: 11367 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Elsing: St Mary
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626179
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Overview
Grid reference: TG 51 165
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Rood Screen Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 610 m²
Exterior Description
Built by Sir Hugh Hastings between 1330 and 1347 replacing an earlier church of which a small fragment of wailing survives in west wall of nave. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Pantile roofs. West tower, exceptionally wide aisleless nave with north and south porches, chancel with contemporary vestry to north. West tower with angle buttresses Incorporating a stair turret to north west. blest doorway with dying mouldings. 2-light traceried window above with mouchettes and daggers. 2-light bell-openings with similar tracery. Crenellated parapet with flushwork and crocketted corner pinnacles. Crenellated parapets also to nave and chancel. Nave porches with ogee headed and trilobe cusped entrances. Ogee headed north door with double cusping and a hood mould with fleuron. 6 3-light nave windows with fine Decorated tracery consisting in each case of a pair of diagonal petals with a shorter vertical petal or dagger above. The cusping is wide except in the two easternmost windows on the north side where it is doubled. Chancel with 2 2-light windows to south and one to north with paired mouchettes and dagger tracery. 5-light east window with 9 flamboyant mouchettes. Blocked entrance to vault beneath east window. Contemporary vestry with a 2-light Y-traceried east window.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Tall tower arch of 2 plain-chamfered orders on polygonal responds. Triple sedilia cum piscina with cusped ogee heads. Mutilated life-size brass in chancel to Sir Hugh Hastings (died 1347) with effigy surrounded by figures in architectural canopies. C14 octagonal font with bell-shaped bowl and blind tracery. Contemporary restored font cover with tracery, flying buttresses and crocketted spire. Surviving chancel screen dado with mutilated paintings. Fragments of C14 glass in chancel.
As listed on Historic England website
Fixtures and fittings
Bell Frame
Maker
Pickford
5
Date
Visit
Description
OFJ
Jurisdiction
Number of Bells
Material
Bells
Nominal: 1210.5 Hz Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Thomas Newman 1705
Dove Bell ID: 20104 Tower ID: 11367 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1042.5 Hz Diameter: 29.5" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1622
Dove Bell ID: 20105 Tower ID: 11367 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 932.5 Hz Diameter: 30.13" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Elias Brend 1660
Dove Bell ID: 20106 Tower ID: 11367 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 857 Hz Diameter: 35.5" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1622
Dove Bell ID: 20107 Tower ID: 11367 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 51 165
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
Churchyard Structures
War Memorial
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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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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