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Founded by Samuel Gilpin
Dove Bell ID: 56783 Tower ID: 21653 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Little Cressingham: St Andrew
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626471
This church is on the Heritage at Risk Register (verified 2025-11-06)
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Overview
Grid reference: TF 871 0
The composition of the church as it now stands, includes chancel and two bays of the nave with their aisles intact and the remainder in ruins. The church is normally approached from the south, and from this point it may be seen that the aisle and clerestory of the ruined bays continues the same pattern of fenestration as the pair of bays still in use.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
The church consisted of four-bay nave with aisles and clerestory; a south-west tower also serving as a porch; and chancel.
Footprint of Church buildings: 275 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The chancel is Decorated and the nave chiefly Perpendicular.
Exterior Description
Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Corrugated concrete tile and plaintile roofs. Former tower porch to south of nave (one and a half sides have collapsed). Aisled nave. 2 westernmost bays of nave and westernmost south aisle bay roofless. 2 north aisle bays demolished except for west wall. Chancel. C15 fragmentary tower with 2 surviving angle buttresses and a fragment of wave and double ogee moulded eastern entrance jamb. No bell openings. Stoop beside moulded south doorway. West wall with chequered flushwork plinth, the stone simulated with mortar. Large west window reduced to a late-Medieval flat headed 2-light window. Aisle wall with a 3-light window simulated in flushwork. South aisle with 3 3-light south windows with mouchettes beneath 4-centred arches and a similar east window. C19 north aisle with tracery imitating the south aisle. 5 2-light cusped Y-traceried clearstorey windows. Chancel with one C14 2-light window with cusped soufflet to north. 2 blocked windows to south with tracery stumps remaining. Moulded priest's doorway. 3-light east window with tracery based on remaining stumps, crudely re-instated. Present entrance to west in brick wall dividing the roofed church from the ruin.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Fine Perpendicular arcades, each pier consisting of opposing half-shafts against a narrow wave- moulded core which rises uninterrupted to form outer order of arch. Wave- moulded inner order supported on half-shafts. Plain chamfered chancel arch. Chancel has an arched trilobe piscina with carved terminals.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 871 0
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
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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