Weight: 56 lbs Diameter: 15" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by William Brend 1590
Dove Bell ID: 62570 Tower ID: 24933 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Wood Dalling: St Andrew
Diocese of Norwich
Festival Church, 626197
http://www.reepham-and-wensum-valley-team-churches.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TG 89 269
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
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 539 m²
Exterior Description
C13, C14 and C15. Flint with limestone dressings; flintwork partly rendered over. Nave and chancel slated (north slope of nave has C20 concrete tiles). Lead roofs to aisles. West tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north and south porches. C15 square west tower, staged diagonal buttresses with flushwork panels. West doorway with ogee-headed hood mould and fleuron decoration to arch and jambs. Spandrels with shields in quatrefoils; slim pilaster-buttresses with pinnacles flanking opening. Cornice with fleuron decoration. 3-light west window above. Square traceried sound holes with dripmoulds. 2-light traceried bell openings. Embattled parapet with shields and flushwork panels, hexagonal corner pinnacles. Polygonal stair turret with quatrefoil lights, south-east corner. C15 2-storey south porch, now vestry: south doorway blocked and rendered over, archway with engaged shafts and hood mould on headstops. Above, a niche with ogee-headed canopy flanked by two windows, all under a stepped dripmould. 2-light east and west windows at upper and lower levels. Eaves parapet. C18 memorial stones set in east wall. South aisle has three 3-light C15 windows, much repaired; staged buttresses divide bays. 4-bay nave clere- storey of 2-light early C15 windows set in flushwork wall. South aisle windows C14, 2-lights, the western window masking a large opening with brick arch. Angle buttresses to east gable; 3-light C14 east window, much restored. North wall of chancel has three lancets and small priest's door, all C13. North porch C15 with blocked 2-light east and west windows; diagonal buttresses to north wall, arch with engaged shafts and hoodmould on headstops. Eaves parapet. Aisles have 2-light west windows and 3-light east windows.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
4-bay north and south arcades with double hollow- chamfer arches and octagonal piers, C14; the responds probably C13. C15 nave roof - roll-moulded principals and purlins, arch-braces to principal rafters with wallposts on head corbels in alternate bays. South aisle roof has arch-braced principal rafters and roll-moulded purlins. High-level 4- centred arched doorway to staircase to porch upper chamber, south-west corner. Tall tower arch with responds matching arcades. C14 piscina ogee-headed cinquefoil arch with headstop on west side, engaged shafts with polygonal capitals and petalled bowl. Sedilia with engaged shafts, top removed to accommodate later window. C15 reader's desk with poppyheads and carved arm rests. Nave has good C18 memorial slabs with some earlier re-set brasses. Memorial brasses to Robert Dockyng (d.1465) and John Crane (d.1507). Recumbent effigy of a priest, east end of north aisle.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 89 269
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 20/10/1898
It is unknown whether 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.
Further information
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