Weight: 952 lbs Diameter: 35" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by William Brend 1606
Dove Bell ID: 3854 Tower ID: 10051 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Langley: St Michael
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626356
http://chetvalleychurches.org/Overview
Grid reference: TG 355 9
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Grade I listed building Parking Available Stained Glass Art / Wall Paintings / Frescos Concerts/Live Music
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 355 m²
Exterior Description
C14 and C15 with C19 remodelling of east end. Flint with limestone dressings; slate roofs. West tower, nave, chancel, north porch, south vestry. C14 west tower with diagonal western buttresses up to bell- stage level. 2-light bell openings with cusped Y-tracery. 3-light C15 west window. Embattled parapet with plain corner pinnacles. Line of earlier, steeper nave roof pitch on east face of tower. C19 vestry on south side: coped gable parapet on moulded kneelers, circular gable window with leaded glazing. Lean-to on east side. Nave windows early C19 of 3 lights set in red brick surrounds windows with eliptical arched heads. Staged buttresses divide the bays. In the south wall, a blocked opening between the two nave windows. South chancel wall has a blocked south-west window with a blocked square-headed low-side window. C14 priests door with scratch dial above, bearing an indistinct date mark, possibly 1595. 2-light south east window with cusped Y-tracery. Angle buttresses to east gable wall; the gable much rebuilt with an apex of red brick. 2-light C19 east window with Y-tracery and semicircular head. Window set in raised red brick surround with rubbed arch and raised key and imposts. Two north chancel windows 2-light with cusped Y-tracery, priests doorway between blocked in red brick. Upper part of nave north wall rebuilt in red brick. North porch with rendered gable and small east and west windows, the west window square headed. North doorway C14 with dogtooth hoodmould.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C15 nave roof with arch-braced principals on wallposts with shields; roll-moulded ridges and purlins-bosses at intersections of ridge and principals. Fragments of traceried wall painting between wallposts on south wall. Rectangular recess in south nave wall with C14 hood mould on head stops and inset iron grills. C14 tower arch with polygonal capitals and half-shafts. Chancel remodelled in C19: cored and plastered ceiling. C19 stone dado with pilaster-buttresses. Triple ogee-headed niches flanking altar. Good C18 and C19 wall monuments to Beauchamp Proctor family. C15 font, octagonal, with quatrefoil panels in bowl, arcaded stem on octagonal base. Much collected foreign glass included four C16 panels in the east window, said to have been brought from Rouen Cathedral in 1787 by Lady Beauchamp Proctor.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Weight: 476 lbs Diameter: 27.5" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Charles & George Mears 1852
Dove Bell ID: 27632 Tower ID: 10051 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 29.5" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by Charles & George Mears 1852
Dove Bell ID: 27633 Tower ID: 10051 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 30.5" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Charles & George Mears 1852
Dove Bell ID: 27634 Tower ID: 10051 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 31.75" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Samuel Gilpin 1703
Dove Bell ID: 27635 Tower ID: 10051 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 355 9
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.
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.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Common horse chestnut | Veterantree | 1 |
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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