Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John II Brend 1647
Dove Bell ID: 54910 Tower ID: 20628 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Hardingham: St George
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626285
http://www.groupof15.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TG 35 51
Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Plaintile roofs. Aisleless nave with a tower porch to south side and a north chapel; chancel with vestry to north. C13 tower. Angle buttresses with gabled staging.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Stained Glass Concerts/Live Music
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 371 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Plaintile roofs. Aisleless nave with a tower porch to south side and a north chapel; chancel with vestry to north. C13 tower. Angle buttresses with gabled staging. Rectangular stair turret to north east. C14 entrance arch with dying mouldings and polygonal responds. Plain lancets at first floor level. Quatrefoil sound holes to second floor and 2-light bell openings with early bar tracery. Post-Medieval brick parapet. Contemporary nave with one surviving lancet to west of tower and a deeply moulded entrance on 2 pairs of shafts. 2 restored late-Medieval windows of 2 and 3 lights to south. Restored 3-light west window and 2 3-light windows to north. Chancel with a restored 3-light window to north and a modern vestry re-using some C13 mouldings as gable corbels. To south a C13 moulded priest's doorway flanked by a pair of fine 3-light panel traceried windows with transoms. East wall with chequer flushwork and a restored C14 4-light window with reticulated tracery.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C13 double piscinae in chancel beneath interesting moulded arches supported on miniature shafts with bell capitals and water holding bases. Adjacent double sedilia with moulded arches of unequal sizes supported on a quatrefoil shaft. Deeply moulded scoinson arches to all 4 chancel windows. Aumbry to north with trefoil arch. Plain hollow chamfered chancel arch on polygonal responds. North chapel entrance arch on polygonal responds. Nave piscina to south and a heart tomb recess adjacent. Stair turret entrance has a C15 door with blind tracery and cover strips. Late C13 or C14 octagonal font with trefoil arches on engaged colonnettes with Corinthianesque capitals. Supported on 8 restored shafts. Elaborate wall monument in memory of Edward Heyhoe (died 1788).
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 35 51
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.
National Heritage record for England designations
Churchyard Structures
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of F Parke
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of John Rumney
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of Matthew Austen. Grade II Listed
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of R Parke
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of Rachel & John Watts. Grade II Listed
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of Stephen Parke. Grade II Listed.
Gravestone
C18 Headstone in memory of William Parke. Grade II Listed
Commemorative Stone
19th Century Graveyard monument in memory of Philip William Rose. Grade II.
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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