Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1801
Dove Bell ID: 52586 Tower ID: 19281 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Colby: St Giles
Overview
Grid reference: TG 220 311
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 203 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval and later. Flint with stone dressings, brick. Tiled roof. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch. Unbuttressed tower of stages. West window with Y-tracery of cl300. Change above this from flint fragments to larger flints. Ringing chamber openings cusped with hood moulds. 2-light Perpendicular bell opening. Gargoyles. Brick parapet. 4 bay buttressed nave. 3 3-light windows with panel tracery to south. Rood stair to south east corner of nave now cemented over. To north nave and chancel wall brick of 1749 with semi-circular headed windows. 2 bay chancel buttressed with diagonal buttress to south. 2 3-light panel tracery windows under 4-centre arches with hood moulds. Buttressed C15 porch of 2 storeys to first nave bay. Flushwork to base, also to left and right of door and above door. Stone carvings of St. Michael and St. George in the spandrels. Central niche with stone canopy to upper storey with a window to each side having cusped ogee head under square hood moulds. Restored doorway has shaft with continuous inner and outer moulding with hollows and rolls. Plain inner doorway, back of door probably C17.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Tall, narrow, tower arch. Rood stair. Some re-used poppy-head bench ends. Arch from parvise into nave now blocked. Font with cusped, sunk panels on shaft; octagonal bowl with lion head supports having the symbols of the Evangelists, the donors, the Virgin and child, woodman with axe, final panel blank. Ogee arched piscina and sedilia.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 220 311
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
Cross
Medieval
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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