Nominal: 915 Hz Weight: 718 lbs Diameter: 33.88" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John II Brend 1658
Dove Bell ID: 51768 Tower ID: 18815 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Burnham Thorpe: All Saints
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626540
http://www.burnhamsbenefice.org.uk/Overview
Grid reference: TF 852 417
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
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 400 m²
Exterior Description
C13 arcades, C14 aisles, C15 clerestorey, north porch, chancel, west tower. Rubble, knapped and squared chequer work flint, stone dressings, C19 pin-tiled roofs. West tower, 4 bay nave and aisles, north porch, chancel. 3 stage tower, cut stone quoined angle buttresses to west face, west door, largely C19 recut 4-light Perpendicular west window, 3 belfry 2-light windows with label stops. Battlemented parapet, squared and knapped flint, flushwork tracery and shields, crocketted angle spirelets. North aisle has c.1300 2-light east and west windows, Y-tracery with trefoil heads and central quatrefoil, 3 2-light Decorated north windows under depressed arches, 2 north face and one angle buttresses. North door in east bay. North porch in west bay, Perpendicular. Moulded porch arch, internal north and south relieving arches suggest position of former parvis above. 2-light north and south windows, kneelers with figures 2-light Perpendicular windows, label stop heads. South aisle added 1892- 5, same details as north. Chancel has cut-stone plinth, knapped flint to window height, cut-stone north and south buttresses, 2 buttresses at angles, at south-east with mass dial. 2 fine north and south 3-light Perpendicular windows, south priest's door. Fine flushwork and chequerwork east gable, squared and knapped black flint lower portion white flint above stone ashlar flushwork. 3 light Flowing tracery east window, perhaps C19 replacement of original Perpendicular window. One gable and 2 lower stone ogee niches with bases, vaulted heads, spandrel shields, hood moulds.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
4 bay C13 Early English north and south arcades, round piers with moulded bases and capitals, seat bases, double hollow chamfered arches. Fine Decorated chancel arch, Perpendicular tower arch. 2 bay chancel. Perpendicular sedilia and piscina under single straight hood mould, 4 crocketted canopies with fleurons in spandrels, demi-figure angel corbels. Roofs 1892-5, richly arch-braced and wind-braced. C13 Purbeck marble font with blank arches. North aisle C15 4-centred arch and hood moulded sepulchre or tomb arched recess with earlier slab tomb, some medieval tiles. Chancel monuments; fine floor brass 1420 Sir William Calthorpe, figure in canopied niche. 1803 Rev. Emanuel Nelson, Vicar, by Flaxman; 1841 Anne Everard, 1847 William Everard, by J.G. Lough of London, still in Flaxman style. Admiral Lord Nelson baptised here by his father.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 852 417
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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