Nominal: 786 Hz Weight: 1163 lbs Diameter: 39.5" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by William Brend 1620
Dove Bell ID: 4990 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Norton Subcourse: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TM 407 986
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 307 m²
Exterior Description
Fabric generally early C14 with earlier tower base. Flint, partly rendered, with limestone dressings. Slate roof continuous over nave and chancel. West tower, nave and chancel. Round west tower not co-axial with main body of church; possibly pre-Conquest. Late C13 tall bell openings with 'Y' tracery, much restored. Lancets at lower levels, those below bell stage have continuous roll-moulding. Renewed lancet west window; blocked opening above with ogee hood mould and crocket-finial. Red brick tower parapet. Nave and chancel in one with good early C14 fenestration, generally 2-light windows with cusped Y-tracery, some with ogee heads to lights. C14 south doorway and priests door in south wall of chancel. Chancel has continuous cill band; stepping up to raised cill of south-east window. Staged buttresses with stone dressings, diagonal buttresses to east wall. 5-light reticulated east window, hood mould with headstops. Blocked niche with cusped head above east window. Staged buttress on north chancel wall at junction with nave; adjoining brick projection for rood stairs. C14 north doorway blocked in flintwork: hoodmould with head stops.
As listed on England Historic website
Interior
Interior Description
Nave and chancel ceilings plastered. Windows have internal hoodmoulds on headstops; chancel window reveals have attached shafts. North and south doors have shallow segmental heads with hoods and head stops. Blocked high-level opening to tower in west wall of nave, pointed arch with plain imposts. Tower arch pointed, reduced and elliptical on east face. North wall of nave has three irregular niches set between windows. Rood stair at north-east corner of nave with doorway and tall opening to loft. Piscina at south-east corner of nave. Dado moulding in nave plaster. C18 tie beam at junction of nave and chancel, supported on Ionic pilasters. Continuous cill band around chancel interior. C14 double piscina in south-east corner of chancel with clustered shafts, ogee and cusped Y-tracery head under a crocketted ogee head mould on headstops. Triple sedilia with similar detailing; crocketted hoods on ball flower and head stops. North-east chancel window blocked. Low tomb recess in noth chancel wall with ogee crocketted head. South wall of nave, a wall monument to Edward Wigg, d.1825. Font, C13, on two octagonal risers: tapered octagonal bowl with shallow arcading on octagonal stem and eight shafts, all in Purbeck marble.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1322 Hz Weight: 481 lbs Diameter: 27.25" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1893
Dove Bell ID: 33424 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1176 Hz Weight: 508 lbs Diameter: 28.75" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1892
Dove Bell ID: 33425 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1048 Hz Weight: 534 lbs Diameter: 30" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by William Brend 1622
Dove Bell ID: 33426 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 988 Hz Weight: 617 lbs Diameter: 31.5" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by Thomas Newman 1730
Dove Bell ID: 33427 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 882 Hz Weight: 894 lbs Diameter: 35" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1951
Dove Bell ID: 33428 Tower ID: 15082 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 407 986
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
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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