Nominal: 803.5 Hz Weight: 896 lbs Diameter: 37.5" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1633
Dove Bell ID: 81 Tower ID: 15301 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Aldeby: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TM 450 933
At the time of the Domeday Survey Aldeby had a church and became the Priory Church of St Mary. One of five cells dependent on Norwich Cathedral Priory. It has an ineresting Norman West Doorway and in the North Transept has the only chapel in England dedicated to St Fursey. In the South Aisle it has carved faces on the ends of the old roof timbers. The roof in the North Transept and the South Aisle have recently been restored. Lovely Church with many features worth looking at.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 433 m²
Exterior Description
Fabric of C12 origin with C13 and C14 addition and remodelling. Flint, brick and limestone, with limestone dressings. Nave and porch slated, transept plain tiled, lead roof to chancel. Nave, north porch, crossing tower, north transept, chancel with south aisle. Nave west gable with staged diagonal buttresses; fine C12 west door with three orders of shafts with decorated volute capitals and an arch with orders of roll, zigzag and scallop mouldings. Much red brick and limestone incorporated in walling. Renewed 3-light window with intersecting tracery above doorway. Gable parapet with stone kneelers and gable finial. Good C14 north porch of knapped flint with base course of flushwork panels. 2-light east and west windows. Diagonal buttresses to porch gable with flushwork panels; apex of gable rebuilt or raised in brick. Archway with fleuron decoration to inner order. Square drip mould with shields on traceried grounds in spandrels. Niche with square drip mould above archway. Nave eaves line raised in red brick. 2-light window with cusped Y-tracery and round-headed restored lancet in north wall of nave. Square crossing tower on base of brickwork, the upper section of knapped flint dressed with limestone. 2-light Y-tracery bell openings much restored, with plain chamfered stone reveals. Double-stepped embattled parapet with flushwork panels. Polygonal brick stair turret on south side of tower. West wall of transept has two restored lancets with faint traces of blocked doorway between. 3-light north window with cusped intersecting 'Y' tracery. Two lancets in east wall. Chancel north side has renewed 2-light Y tracery and 3-light Perpendicular windows. Restored east window of three wide lights with intersecting tracery. Parapet of aisle east wall rebuilt in brickwork; east window blocked in red brick with small window with cusped head inset. Openings in south aisle much renewed; small priests door with brick archway, two renewed 3-light intersecting tracery windows with red brick buttresses between. South wall of nave has renewed 2 and 3 light windows with stilted hood moulds on head corbels.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Interior: nave roof has a plastered barrel-vault ceiling. West wall of nave with battered internal offset at cill level of west window. C18 floor slabs to Elizabeth and Philip Carpenter and to George and Mary Lee. Tall, narrow north and south tower arches, with four plain chamfers, the outer three dying into a chamfered reveal. The north jamb of the arch dated 1633. Semicircular arches with wide chamfers to aisle and transept, the latter now blocked, and with a C20 door. Chancel roof C19 with arch braced principals and wallposts on corbels. C14 piscina and stepped sedilia at south-east corner. C19 wall monuments to Carpenter family on north and south walls. Two plain chamfered arched openings to south aisle. South aisle roof now boarded over, but displaying brattishing and carved heads on wall plate. Doorway to vestry in east wall with pointed-arched head and double wave moulding to reveal. Squint arch in south west tower pier. North transept roof plastered over, but revealing moulded and brattished cornice and arch-braced principals with wall posts. Two central trusses closely set. Archway to tower has arch of four chamfers, the outer three dying into plain square imposts. East and west doorways blocked, central pointed recess to east, semicircular headed to west. Floor slabs in chancel, notably to Matthew Trott (d.1652), Matthew Trott (d.1659). Font, octagonal on single octagonal riser: alternating roses and shields around bowl, head corbels below bowl, stem with eight attached shafts with moulded caps and bases.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1217 Hz Weight: 493 lbs Diameter: 27.75" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1946
Dove Bell ID: 8159 Tower ID: 15301 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1092.5 Hz Weight: 448 lbs Diameter: 27.75" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1633
Dove Bell ID: 8160 Tower ID: 15301 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 987 Hz Weight: 588 lbs Diameter: 31.25" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Edward Tooke 1671
Dove Bell ID: 8161 Tower ID: 15301 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 887 Hz Weight: 728 lbs Diameter: 33.5" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Edward Tooke 1671
Dove Bell ID: 8162 Tower ID: 15301 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 450 933
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 is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 22/10/1958
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.
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