Nominal: 872 Hz Weight: 815 lbs Diameter: 35.75" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by Edward Tooke 1675
Dove Bell ID: 1354 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Carleton Rode: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TM 114 925
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Rood Screen Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 485 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The chancel of the present church dates back to the 12th century and was consecrated by the Bishop around 1307 but construction took a further 200 years to complete.
The 19th century topping- off of the tower was so well done that it appears as if a huge church has been built against a small tower. In fact, the top collapsed in the 18th century, and has been truncated to create the church that you see today.
A sign at the back of the church, recording a now-lost inscription on the tower, remembers the alterations and monies paid for the work:
"This church was built, in it God to adore,
and ought to have been repaired long before.
By which neglect, we did great sums expend.
Then let successors look in time to mend,
For if decays they early don't (sic) prevent,
they will, like us, when 'tis too late, repent."
When the nave was rebuilt in the late 15th century it was already an aisled church. The east windows of the two aisles are older than the nave, and the east end of the new arcades falls short of the wide chancel arch, leaving an earlier arch on the south side which is little more than a large doorway.
All Saints church retains its recently restored and reinstated roodscreen and dado which depicts the eleven disciples and St Paul.
In the north aisle, a memorial recalls two Norfolk tragedies among many during the Second World War. Twenty-eight American servicemen lost their lives in two separate mid-air collisions over Carleton Rode in 1944 and 1945.
Exterior Description
Fabric from late C13. Late C13 chancel with 2 windows with 2 trefoil headed lights and trefoil over, 4-light east window with intersecting tracery, the mullions with thin shafts. Late C13 south doorway with moulded arch and shafts and double piscina with trefoiled arches and quatrefoil above with hood-mould with leaf corbels. Nave, and north and south aisles with clerestory, with mainly Perpendicular windows, but late C13 south aisle east window and north aisle west window and north door. Four bay north and south arcades and chancel arch with octagonal piers and double-hollow-chamfered arches. C15 south porch with diagonal buttresses, rounded arch and blocked Perpendicular windows. Squat C14 west tower repaired in 1717 with angle buttresses, embattled parapet and pinnacles.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C15 screen with painted figures. C13 stained glass panel in south window of chancel. Octagonal font. Late C16 alter table. Built of flint rubble with stone dressings, chancel rendered, and with tiled, slate and lead roofs.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1465 Hz Weight: 360 lbs Diameter: 24" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd 1998
Dove Bell ID: 14714 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1306 Hz Weight: 384 lbs Diameter: 25.5" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd 1998
Dove Bell ID: 14715 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1162 Hz Weight: 432 lbs Diameter: 26.88" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by John Taylor Bellfounders Ltd 1998
Dove Bell ID: 14716 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1107 Hz Weight: 496 lbs Diameter: 28.5" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by John II Brend 1636
Dove Bell ID: 14717 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 978 Hz Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 31.75" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by William Brend
Dove Bell ID: 14718 Tower ID: 16340 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 114 925
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
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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