Nominal: 1206.5 Hz Weight: 560 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1910
Dove Bell ID: 53181 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Docking: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TF 765 369
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby Wheelchair accessible
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 642 m²
Exterior Description
C14 chancel, C15 nave and tower, north additions 1875. Flint with stone dressings, green slate roofs. West tower, nave and south porch, north aisle, chancel with north chapel and south vestry. Fine C15 4 stage tower with stone plinth, dado and parapet string courses. Ashlar dressed angle buttresses with 6 set-offs and battlements. Perpendicular west door with moulded frame and hood mould. 3-light west window above, 3 2-light tracery headed windows in stage, 4 3-light tracery head windows in bell chamber. Nave south has 3 3-light Perpendicular windows. 4 ashlar dressed buttresses with 2 set-offs. C15 south porch has angle buttresses with 2 set-offs, moulded recut C19 arch, colonnettes with moulded bases and capitals. 2 stone ogee headed niches with pedestals and miniature vaults. North and south return 2-light Perpendicular windows with brick headers to arches. 3-bay north aisle, High Victorian Gothic Decorated details, 1875 by Frederick Preedy, restoration architect. C14 chancel has 2 'Y' tracery south windows, one brick south window. Mid C19 south vestry addition also forms private porch entry from Docking Hall (q.v.). East gable angle buttresses. 5-light recut C19 Reticulated tracery east window has unrecut C14 label moulding with label stop heads and ogee cresting finial. Chancel roof lowered in mid C19, earlier pitch visible on nave east gable. North additions to chancel 1875.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Wide nave, 4 bay north arcade, north aisles and roofs, 1875. Perpendicular tower arch. Internal reveal to tower west door, internal tower stairs door and brick stairs at north west. C14 or C15 octagonal stone font with chamfered base, 8 standing female figures with children and other iconography against octagonal stem, 4 mutilated angle beasts, carved and figured coving section above with Evangelists' symbols, roses and angels. Octagonal bowl has seated liturgically vested figures of priests, deacons, bishops and doctors perhaps representing the Seven Sacraments. Figures also identified as SS Andrew, John and Apollonia. Panels divided by miniature buttresses and framed by crocketted ogee niches with miniature vaults. Chancel arch 1875. 2 light C14 Decorated former north chancel window now opens into north vestry. Elizabethan Jesuit Martyr St. Henry Walpole baptised here in 1558.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1065 Hz Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 31.75" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1910
Dove Bell ID: 53182 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 945 Hz Weight: 784 lbs Diameter: 34" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1910
Dove Bell ID: 53183 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 874 Hz Weight: 896 lbs Diameter: 36" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1910
Dove Bell ID: 53184 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 783 Hz Weight: 1176 lbs Diameter: 38.5" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1910
Dove Bell ID: 53185 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 708 Hz Weight: 1568 lbs Diameter: 43" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons 1890
Dove Bell ID: 53186 Tower ID: 19651 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 765 369
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.
Further information
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