Nominal: 786.5 Hz Weight: 1214 lbs Diameter: 39" Bell 1 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1876
Dove Bell ID: 6934 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Tunstead: St Mary
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626222
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Overview
Grid reference: TG 308 227
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Wheelchair accessible Rood Screen
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 818 m²
Exterior Description
C14 and later. Flint and stone; lead and copper roofs. West tower, nave, south porch, north and south aisle, chancel. Embattled C14 4- stage tower; stone frieze with curved, cusped relief to plinth; west door with continuous moulding, grape vine trail to hood-mould; 3 light west window with panel tracery; single light cusped openings to ringing chambers; 2 light bell-openings with panel tracery; gargoyles at corners. Buttressed nave of 5 bays with angle buttresses; C14 3-light north and south aisle windows with mouchettes; north aisle door to first bay with continuous moulding; hood mould and stops with rosettes. External rood stair in angle between chancel and north aisle of brick and flint with quatrefoil light; copper roofs to aisles; blind clerestorey of intersecting cusped arcade in flushwork to south; blind cusped arcade to north. Chancel of 3 bays, band at sill level; doorway in centre south bay under window; Perpendicular windows of 3 lights with panel tracery. North-east chancel window blocked. C19 east window of 3 lights. Porch of 1864 to first south aisle bay. Door to nave has exuberant medieval iron work door-ring with trail and trefoil leaves.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
North and south arcades of clustered shafts, fillets in the diagonals, figure stops to hood moulds; brackets in the spandrels of south arcade with heads to-base, to north crenellated brackets with niches above revealed in restoration of 1950's. Arch-braced roof with simple ashlaring, 2 tie beams of 1683 with traces of paint. Stone benches to aisle walls. Cusped piscinae to north and south aisles. Aisle roofs with roll-moulding, restored. Tower arch with clustered shafts, castellated abaci. Chancel arch with clustered shafts. Piscina and 3-bay sedilia with cusped ogee arches and ribbed vault. Raised platform at east end reached by steps to north, doorway to south leads to tunnel vaulted chamber beneath, lit by opening behind altar; remains of niches with paint to west face, perhaps of reredos. Niches with remains of vaulting to either side of east window, some paint. Arch-braced roof with tracery in the spandrels. Remains of poppy-head to bench in chancel. C15 rood screen with painted figures to lower panels, platform to top. Rood beam, not in original position.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1603.5 Hz Weight: 547 lbs Diameter: 26" Bell 2 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1878
Dove Bell ID: 43412 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1511 Hz Weight: 557 lbs Diameter: 26.5" Bell 3 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1878
Dove Bell ID: 43413 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1362.5 Hz Weight: 437 lbs Diameter: 26.75" Bell 4 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1874
Dove Bell ID: 43414 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1197.5 Hz Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 5 of 8
Founded by Thomas Newman 1703
Dove Bell ID: 43415 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1070.5 Hz Weight: 644 lbs Diameter: 30" Bell 6 of 8
Founded by Thomas Newman 1704
Dove Bell ID: 43416 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 982.5 Hz Weight: 700 lbs Diameter: 33.25" Bell 7 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1875
Dove Bell ID: 43417 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 886.5 Hz Weight: 954 lbs Diameter: 36.75" Bell 8 of 8
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1874
Dove Bell ID: 43418 Tower ID: 15267 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 308 227
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.
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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