Weight: 962 lbs Diameter: 37" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by John Stephens 1726
Dove Bell ID: 55786 Tower ID: 21111 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Hunstanton: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TF 689 419
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Rood Screen
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 796 m²
Exterior Description
C14 fabric by 2 members of the Le Strange family of Hunstanton Hall. Ambitiously restored and reroofed c.1860 by Henry Le Strange (1815- 1862) developer of New Hunstanton : "the late Mr. L'Estrange undertook the repair and restoration of the entire ... was completed from the designs of that accomplished gentleman, the work being carried out by masons and carpenters under his immediate and supervision". Hunstanton and its neighbour- hood PW,(1864), GW, (1873) pp. 33-34.) Similarities with St. Edmund's New Hunstanton (1865 - 1869) suggest the involvement of Frederick Preedy architect, Le Strange's cousin. Flint, stone dressings, lead roofs. North west tower, nave and clerestorey, north and south aisles, south porch, chancel, north vestries. Tower : set off buttresses at west, south door, c.1300, square sound hole openings to bell stage, 2-light Decorated belfry stage windows, battle- mented parapet. Nave 5-light west window, geometric tracery c.1860, sound hole in gable, 3 trefoils in segmental triangle. North aisle 2 2-light windows, south aisle 3-light west window, 4 2-light south windows, one 3-light east window, all c.1860 Geometric - Decorated tracery. 5 circular clerestorey windows, alternate trefoil and cinquefoil tracery. South porch 1864, arch with cinquefoil bar tracery, north and south 2 roundels with flowing tracery. Chancel 3 2-light south and one north window, Decorated c.1860, 5-light east window, geometric tracery c.1860. Lean-to vestries to north-east, c.1900.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
South porch roof massive over wind braced. Doors and internal porch 1864. Nave 5 bay north and south arcades, alternate rounded and octagonal piers,stone seats at base,single hollow chamfered pointed arches. Massive overstructured nave roof, decorative wind-bracing, arched double scissor braces resting alternately on carved Apostle head corbels, by Earp (L.L. Gore, The History of Hunstanton. (1983)p.58.) At west Norman font, central pier with 4 detached angle columns, scalloped underside to bowl, attached colonnettes at angles, steps. Mosaic on floor by Earp. West window single stained light c.1861. Benches c.1860. Black and yellow tiled floor South aisle east window, stained, High Victorian, Tree of Jesse by Henry Le Strange, who painted roof of Ely Cathedral nave. North aisle : painted royal arms William IV (1830-1837). At east table tomb with brass to Sir Roger Le Strange (obit 1506), an esquire of the body to Henry VIII. Perpendicular blank tracery panels with brass coats of arms, brass with figure in armour, tabard tunic under heraldic helm and 3 ogee canopies. Small figures in tabards either side. Inscription but no religious iconography whatever. Originally in chancel, replaced there c.1860, removed here in C20. Chancel : pulpit, marble, stone and alabaster perhaps by Earp or Boulton of Cheltenham. Perpendicular chancel arch with 7 light screen c.1500, polychrome dado with 12 Apostles, 7 light divisions, loft, restored c.1900 by Bodley. On north Perpendicular stone recessed altar tomb 1485 of Henry Le Strange, perhaps used as an Easter Sepulchre Tomb chest 4-centred arch, parapet with coats of arms. Arched, boarded and coved roof, angle corbels c.1861. Stalls neo- Perpendicular, c1920 by Sir Walter Tapper. Reredos stone, mastic, glazed tiles, alabaster, marble, painted angels in roundels by Frederick Preedy (Gore Hunstanton p.58). East window 1867 in memory of Henry Le Strange, vivid High Victorian colour by Preedy. See also The Story of Hunstanton Parish Church., anon, Gloucester, 1948, passim.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 689 419
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.
National Heritage record for England designations
Churchyard Structures
Grave
Commonwealth Commonwealth War Graves commission on file as 13 separate gravestones.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Oak | Veterantree | 1 |
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.
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'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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