Nominal: 851 Hz Weight: 1008 lbs Diameter: 37" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by John Stephens 1726
Dove Bell ID: 6248 Tower ID: 12894 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Sparham: St Mary
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626189
https://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TG 71 196
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church Wheelchair accessible Rood Screen Stained Glass Angel Roof
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 494 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dress- ings. Slate, lead and black pantile roofs. West tower nave with aisles and south porch and chancel. C14 and C15 west tower with diagonal buttresses and stair turret to south. Chequer flushwork on buttresses. West doorway with dying mouldings and a fine C14 niche above with a nodding ogee arch and little rib vaults. Fleuron decorated reveals flanked by a pair of tiny shafts capped with carved beasts. Crocketted arch with shields set in tracery and an embattled parapet above. Restored 3-light Perpendicular west window. Cusped first floor lights to west and south. 2-light traceried bell openings with super mullions. Crenellated parapet with flushwork and crocketted corner pinnacles. North aisle with plain doorway, a 2-light Y-traceried west window and 4 3-light Perpendicular windows. South aisle with a partly blocked 2-light Decorated west window and 3 3-light Per- pendicular windows. Later clearstorey with 14 3-light Perpendicular windows and a large 3-light east window. Thoroughly restored chancel with 5 2-light cusped Y-traceried side windows, a priest's door and a 2-light Perpendicular window to south. 3-light Perpendicular east window with embattled transoms. South porch with diagonal buttresses, a plain entrance arch and 2-light cusped side windows. Double ogee-moulded south doorway.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Angle piscina in chancel with trilobe cusping. Plain piscina in south aisle. Tower and chancel arches on polygonal responds - plain chamfered to chancel, wave moulded to tower. Rood stair to north. 4-bay nave with one pair of surviving C14 octagonal piers. The 4 westernmost piers have been remodelled in order to support the 2 very wide western bays. The arrangement probably dates from the C19. One pair of blocked C14 quatrefoil clearstorey windows visible from aisles. Fine C15 arch-braced nave roof on wall posts with carved stone corbels. Painted carved angels on ridge purlin and crosses to the side purlins. 2 dado sections of C15 chancel screen in north aisle with original paintings. Several medieval poppy head bench ends.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1069.5 Hz Weight: 588 lbs Diameter: 30" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by John Stephens 1726
Dove Bell ID: 39980 Tower ID: 12894 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 984 Hz Weight: 756 lbs Diameter: 33.5" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by John Stephens 1726
Dove Bell ID: 39981 Tower ID: 12894 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 71 196
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.
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.
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