Diameter: 32" Bell 1 of 2
Founded by Thomas Newman 1710
Dove Bell ID: 54525 Tower ID: 20404 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Great Dunham: St Andrew
Overview
Grid reference: TF 873 147
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Wheelchair accessible Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 224 m²
Exterior Description
Late Cll and later. Partly rendered flint with ashlar and re-used brick or tile dressings. Plaintiled roofs. Aisleless nave with C15 south porch. Axial tower of same width as nave. Rebuilt chancel with vestry to north mainly C19. Nave with 4 double-splayed windows (3 blocked) with Roman brick dressings. Long and short western quoins and a blocked triangular headed west door surrounded by primitive billet- moulded stripwork. Later 3-light Y-traceried window above. Blocked Cl3 plain chamfered north door and a 3-light Perpendicular north window with embattled transoms. One 2-light C13 plate-traceried window in south with quatrefoil flanked by blind trefoils and bell label stops to hood mould. Restored 3-light Perpendicular window. C13 plain chamfered south door. Porch with moulded entrance with spandrels and half-shafts with facetted capitals. Vestiges of flushwork. 3-storey tower with long and short quoins and double-splayed windows (2 to south and one to north). Twin arched bell openings with through stone slabs on monolithic columns with cushion capitals and attic-derived bases. Pairs of small double-splayed oculi survive to the east and west only. C15 crenellated parapet with flushwork.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Nave interior with mutilated shallow recessed blind arcading with some surviving carved imposts. Simple nave angle piscina. Original semicircular headed tower arches with some surviving stripwork and cable moulded imposts to east and chip carved imposts to west. Late medieval chancel piscina with cusped arch find carved eagles in spandrels - probably reset. Badly mutilated octagonal font with arcaded octagonal shaft, angel corbels to bowl and badly damaged panel carvings. Arcaded Jacobean pulpit with finely carved frieze.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Diameter: 39.25" Bell 2 of 2
Founded by John Draper 1638
Dove Bell ID: 54526 Tower ID: 20404 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 873 147
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
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
Sources
Showing 11 entries of 11 View All
Submit a change
If you notice something incorrect or missing, please explain it in the form below and submit it to our team for review.