Nominal: 833 Hz Weight: 614 lbs Diameter: 32.5" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by Thomas Newman 1739
Dove Bell ID: 2999 Tower ID: 11304 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Haddiscoe: St Mary
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626349
This church is on the Heritage at Risk Register (verified 2024-11-14)
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Overview
Grid reference: TM 439 968
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 Stained Glass Staithe nearby
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 294 m²
Exterior Description
C11 with C13 and C15 remodelling. Flint with limestone and red brick dressings. Lead roofs over nave, aisle and porch; chancel slated. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel. Round west tower, probably late C11, divided into stages by three stone bands. Round-headed west window, and round-headed lancets at cardinal points in lower stages. The bell stage has 2-light openings with triangular heads and restored central shafts with scallop capitals; billet moulded surrounds. Above, a corbel table surmounted by a C15 embattled parapet of flushwork chequering. C15 south porch with angle buttresses to gable. Knapped flint with flushwork around arch. Ogee-headed niche under square hood mould above arch. Blocked west window; east window of two lights with cusped heads. Arch-braced porch roof with wallposts on head corbels (two corbels missing on west side). Very fine and elaborate south doorway with shafts with decorated scallop capitals and roll, scallop, zigzag and chip mouldings to arch. Good early ironwork on south door. Above the door a seated figure in a semi-circular headed niche with decorated engaged shafts and roll-moulded and decorated arch. South nave and chancel windows all much renewed; 2-light Perpendicular tracery under segmental pointed arches with stilted drip moulds; staged buttresses divide bays. South-west bay of chancel has blocked red brick arched opening below window and two blocked circular windows. Plain-chamfered priests door opening east of window. Diagonal buttresses to east wall, gable parapet with cross-finial. C19 4-light Geometrical east window, the cill level raised in red brick. North-west bay of chancel has C15 2-light window flanked by blocked circular openings. 3-light east window to aisle with square head and drip mould. Four-bay north clerestorey of C14 quatrefoil lights with red brick arches. North aisle has two 2-light C13 'Y' tracery windows and, at the north-west corner, a fine north doorway with billet hood mould and shaft, scallop and roll-moulded arches; shafts now gone. 3-light intersected window to west wall of aisle.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
North arcade of five bays: the arches of bays 1, 3 and 5 have a triple chamfer with no imposts, bays 2 and 4 have plain arches with imposts, possibly C12. Two small niches in the western face of the western arch. Arch-braced nave and chancel roofs; nave has wall- posts on corbel heads. Good aisle roof of arch-braced principals on wall- posts and corbels; some head-corbels. Tall, narrow tower arch with plain imposts, semi-circular headed doorway above. Chancel arch early C14, quadrant moulded with half-shafts. C14 double piscina in south-east corner of chancel. In the north-east corner, a wall monument to C.Ashby, rector of Haddiscoe (d.1671). Head corbels for lenten veil in mid north and south walls. C17 memorial slabs set in nave floor. Octagonal font, C15, possibly re-cut, with angels and the signs of the Evangelists around the bowl and four lions around the stem. Fragments of wall paintings: a C14 St. Christopher on the north wall of nave, with half a painted consecration cross. Fragments of a black- letter inscription on south wall of nave.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1248.1 Hz Weight: 257 lbs Diameter: 23.94" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Thomas Newman
Dove Bell ID: 23153 Tower ID: 11304 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1112 Hz Weight: 376 lbs Diameter: 26.13" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by Whitechapel Bell Foundry 2005
Dove Bell ID: 23154 Tower ID: 11304 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1042.7 Hz Weight: 356 lbs Diameter: 26.75" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Thomas Newman 1739
Dove Bell ID: 23155 Tower ID: 11304 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 932 Hz Weight: 438 lbs Diameter: 29.31" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Edward Tooke 1679
Dove Bell ID: 23156 Tower ID: 11304 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 439 968
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.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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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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