Weight: 308 lbs Diameter: 23.13" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Edward Tooke
Dove Bell ID: 61112 Tower ID: 24109 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Thurton: St Ethelbert
Overview
Grid reference: TG 327 6
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 Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Stained Glass Wall Painting Concerts/Live Music Bell Riinging
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 195 m²
Exterior Description
C12 with C14 and C16 remodelling. Flint, rendered over on nave and chancel, with brick and limestone dressings. Thatched roofs, continuous over nave and chancel. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch. Nave walls overlap west tower to form north and south chambers; west gable parapeted with brick tumbling-in. C14 2-light west window. Upper part of tower reconstructed in flint and red brick, probably early C16; wide sound openings with hollow-chamfered reveals and eliptical brick arches. Brick embattled parapet. Small stone-dressed opening in south wall with chamfered reveals. Two brick staged buttresses on west wall. Nave and chancel windows generally early C14; wide lancets with trefoil and cinque- foil heads. In the south wall of the nave, two larger windows, one of 2- lights with Y tracery, one of 3-lights with intersecting tracery; hood moulds with animal carving and head stops. South porch with much rebuilt gable of knapped brick and flint; fine C12 south door with three orders of shafts with scallop capitals, arch with zig-zag and roll mouldings and a hood mould of two orders of alternating scallops set at right angles to the wall. 3-light C14 reticulated east window with hood mould on head stops. North wall has six lancets, one blocked, and five massive staged brick buttresses. Simple C12 north doorway of two orders, the opening blocked in red brick.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Nave ceiling plastered on deeply moulded wooden coving. Tall tower arch with C19 embattled screen. Doorways to north and south tower chambers with eliptical arched heads. Chancel ceiling plastered leaving arch-braces and wall posts of roof structure exposed, the westernmost wall posts rest on head-corbels. C17 communion rail with turned balusters and square newels with attached half-shafts. On the south wall of the chancel a monument to Capt. Samuel Margerum and other members of the Margerum family; a pedimented white marble slab with a carving of a three-masted sailing ship. On the north chancel wall, a wall monument in the form of an obelisk to Ann Cotton d.1781 and Miss Sarah Margerum 1835. Plain octagonal font, possibly C17. Many pieces of re-set glass both English and foreign; the east window is said to contain glass brought from Rouen Cathedral by Lady Beauchamp of Langley Park.
As listed on Historic England
Bells
Weight: 392 lbs Diameter: 24.63" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Brasyers of Norwich (generic)
Dove Bell ID: 61113 Tower ID: 24109 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by William Brend 1630
Dove Bell ID: 61114 Tower ID: 24109 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: quarter Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 327 6
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.
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