Weight: 1008 lbs Diameter: 36" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by Thomas Newman 1706
Dove Bell ID: 1119 Tower ID: 13209 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Broome: St Michael
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626247
http://www.earshambenefice.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TM 346 931
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: 216 m²
Exterior Description
Fabric mainly C15 with C14 chancel. Flint with limestone dressings. Nave and porch roofs plain tiled, chancel roof of black glazed pantiles. West tower, nave, south porch, chancel. Square C15 west tower with staged diagonal buttresses; base course of flushwork panels with shields in buttress bases. West doorway with square drip mould with tracery and shields in spandrels. Frieze above of shields and roses on quatrefoil fields forming cill of tall 3-light west window. Canopied niche above window head. Square traceried sound holes above string course of first stage. Tracery removed from bell openings. Double stepped castellated parapet. South porch entirely rendered over, obscuring much detail; staged diagonal buttresses to gable, blocked east and west window openings. Rebuilt red brick arch to entrance. Nave and chancel each have two 3-light Perpendicular south windows with elliptical heads and stilted hood moulds on headstops. Staged buttresses divide bays. Small C14 priests doorway in chancel south wall, to east of centre buttress. East window of three lights, cusped Y-tracery; hood mould with ballflower decoration and headstops. North wall of chancel has one 2-light cusped Y tracery window; memorial tablet on corbel brackets set in eastern bay - no visible inscription. Earlier north doorway now masked and blocked by central buttress. Crudely-built stair turret in angle of nave and chancel. Two 3-light Perpendicular windows in north wall of nave. North doorway with plain chamfered reveal, opening blocked and rendered over. Stoup in northeast angle of porch. South door probably C15, retaining old ironwork.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Nave and chancel roofs plastered over: chancel ceiling has panels divided by rollmoulded ribs on cornice. Nave ceiling has moulded timber cornice. Tall, narrow tower arch with arch mouldings dying into plain chamfered responds. Nave walls plastered and marked out in ashlar courses. Two roundels of old glass in head of nave south-west window. Old corbel head set in north-west corner of nave; opening to road stairs blocked. C14 chancel arch with double chamfered arch and polygonal responds. Narrow blind arched recess immediately east of chancel arch; north chancel window set in wide arched opening with remains of splayed stone cill or string course. North doorway blocked: continuous roll moulding to arch. Remains of earlier arched opening cut by south-east chancel window: attached keeled shafts of reveal with stiff- leaf capitals and part of keeled roll-moulded arch remain. Stepped cill sedilia. Square headed recess with piscina in south-east corner of chancel. Southwest chancel window also set in, and cutting through, earlier wider arch. C17 memorial slabs in chancel floor. Good wall monument to John Fowle (d.1732) with putti on open pediment supported on consoles. Remains of brass memorial in east reveal of south-east nave window, with lettered scrolls and shields. Font, octagonal, on step with quatrefoil decoration to risers: four lions against the stem, later bowl with shields.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Weight: 448 lbs Diameter: 25.75" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1640
Dove Bell ID: 13521 Tower ID: 13209 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 476 lbs Diameter: 27.25" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1640
Dove Bell ID: 13522 Tower ID: 13209 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 29.75" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Thomas Osborn 1792
Dove Bell ID: 13523 Tower ID: 13209 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 728 lbs Diameter: 32.25" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1640
Dove Bell ID: 13524 Tower ID: 13209 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 346 931
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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