Weight: 840 lbs Diameter: 34.06" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by G Mears & Co 1861
Dove Bell ID: 62650 Tower ID: 24968 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Woodrising: St Nicholas
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626494
https://www.achurchnearyou.com/church/2744/Overview
Grid reference: TF 988 34
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly: For key please contact incumbent or churchwarden Grade I listed building
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 208 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Lead roofs. Ruined western tower; nave with south aisle and south porch; chancel. Parts of the north and south walls of the west tower are standing with a fragment of the western ashlar jamb of the south first floor opening. C14 traceried circular window to west wall of south aisle. 3 traceried 3-light Perpendicular south windows beneath 4-centred arches with carved head label stops. Similar blocked eastern south aisle window and a single similar window to north. C14 moulded nave doorways with carved head label stops. (North doorway blocked). Restored late-Medieval porch with 2-light side windows and a 4-centred entrance arch. Late-Medieval south door with moulded cover strips. Chancel with 2 Perpendicular 3-light traceried windows. Priest's door to north, possibly leading to/from a former vestry. C14 3-light east window of unusual design with a central cusped mandorla forming a pair of subsidiary lozenge shaped cusped lights.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
3-bay C14 arcade with quatrefoil piers and wave-moulded arches. Contemporary chancel arch with the inner order supported on carved head corbels. Easternmost bay of south aisle is connected to the chancel by an arch over a table tomb and by squints to either side. Restored late Medieval roofs to nave and aisle; the nave roof has hammerbeams and the aisle roof braces with traceried spandrels. Double piscinae in chancel with cusped ogee heads and foiled spandrels. Triple sedilia under a single 4-centred arch. Southwell monument to north side of chancel consisting of a 3-bay colonnade of channelled Renaissance columns supporting a full entablature and opening onto a tomb chest with the life-size effigy of Sir Richard Southwell (died 1564) in alabaster. Arched recess above displaying family arms. Jacobean polygonal pulpit on single stem with a carved lunette frieze and back-plate. Late-Medieval table-tomb with cusped lozenges and blank shields. Holy water stoup beside doorway.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 988 34
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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