Weight: 1120 lbs Bell 1 of 3
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1607
Dove Bell ID: 4070 Tower ID: 16742 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Little Melton: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TG 153 69
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Wall Painting Stained Glass Concerts/Live Music
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 276 m²
Exterior Description
Early C14, flint with stone dressings, plain tiles. West tower, nave, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel. Square tower with shallow diagonal buttresses; Perpendicular 3-light west windows; Y tracery bell openings (that to west with apex lost); embattled parapet with brick dressings. South nave rendered; south aisle with raised parapet to west, tar felt roof; 3 wide openings with Y tracery and lozenge under 4-centred arch; Y tracery to east of aisle. 2 scratch dials to south-east quoin of south aisle. South porch with gable parapet and pantiles; south facade with flint flushwork with late C15 brick, similar brick dressings; double chamfered arch with polygonal jambs; small lancets to porch returns. Plain chamfered south doorway with deeply undercut hood mould and king and queen figure stops. Shorter north aisle, east and west windows and 2 north windows as to south aisle. North doorway as south doorway. Chancel with two lancets to south, lancet and Y tracery opening to north; 2-light east window with reticulated tracery.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
4 bay arcade to south and 2 bay arcade to north, both of C14 with octagonal piers, moulded capitals, double chamfered arches with hollow outer chamfers, foliage corbels to responds. Similar chancel arch. Chancel: roof renewed; double piscina and double sedilia; C15 painted screen with Decorated tracery to panels and ogee headed lights with Decorated tracery; altar rails of reused Decorated tracery with brattishing from C15 screen; return stalls incorporating panels with similar tracery; stalls with reused wood from panels of former screen; C17 table frame of unpolished wood with turned legs, each leg now with additional leg to match; frame supports repositioned mensa of Purbeck marble; east wall with metal commandment and credo panelled boards. Wall paintings on east wall, c.1300, of Annunciation with Archangel to left and Virgin to right; north wall with mural monument, 1656, to Richard and Bridgett Scottowe, black and white marble with heraldic cartouche above; below 4 small copper plates, C17 and C18, finely engraved to members of the Scottowe family (silversmiths), all framed in marble; south wall with mural monument 1718 to Thomas and Mary Johnson, white marble with convex face, sculptured arms below, flanking Corinthian columns. Nave: roof renewed; brick floor; pulpit of panels of C15 screen with Decorated tracery and brattishing as to Rails, two panels to interior with traces of pigment, one of a figure, north wall with wall paintings, one c.1300 of two seated ladies with rosaries: C13 octagonal font of Purbeck marble with shallow blank arcades to splayed faces, bowl supported by central column and 8 small colonettes. North and South aisles: some original rafters, north aisle with early baording; wall plates above arcades, that to south aisle moulded; stumps of former rafters below wall plates; stoup inside south doorway; curved steps from north aisle to former rood loft, former piscina to north aisle now in arcade respond, trefoil head with trefoils to spandrels. Some wall paintings to north aisle.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 31" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by William de Norwich
Dove Bell ID: 28733 Tower ID: 16742 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Weight: 896 lbs Diameter: 35.38" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by William de Norwich
Dove Bell ID: 28734 Tower ID: 16742 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 153 69
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.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Churchyard Structures
War Memorial
Post 1945
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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