Nominal: 920.5 Hz Weight: 762 lbs Diameter: 32.88" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Mears & Stainbank 1926
Dove Bell ID: 52487 Tower ID: 19229 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Cley-next-the-Sea: St Margaret
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626609
http://www.northnorfolkcentral.co.uk/GlavenValley/Cley/cley.htmlOverview
Grid reference: TG 48 431
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 Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 873 m²
Exterior Description
C14 and C15. Flint with stone dressings, grey corrugated tiles. North-west tower, nave, north and south aisles, ruined north and south transepts, chancel, north, south and west porches. South facade: eleven C14 clerestorey windows of cusped 'Y' tracery alternating with larged cusped cinquefoils, a single lancet at either end, large figure pinacles to gable bases, large crosses to gable apices, that to west renewed. Mid C15 south aisle with flush work parapet, 4 4-light windows having panel tracery and octofoil at apex under pointed segmental heads, similar window to west, coped angle buttress to south-west with trefoil headed niches, buttresses between windows of facade. 2 storeyed south porch to 2nd bay, 2 bays deep, ashlared golden limestone, vaulted upper niches to angle buttresses, plinth frieze of alternate shields and roses; Perpendicular porch arch with continuous order of shields and roses, the shields with arms of benefactors, 2nd order arch with flower ornament to front and rear above polygonal shafts, blank tracery in spandrels with shields showing enblems of Holy Trinity and the Passion, benefactors arms outside including those of Anne of Bohemia, died 1394. 2 3-light openings under pointed segmental heads and having stepped embattled transoms, figure heads to hood moulds; large vaulted niche between having round shafts and canted traceried canopy; sundial above. Flamboyant fretwork parapet above flush work frieze of quatrefoils; polygonal stair turret to north-west with similar parapet. 2-light unglazed openings to returns of 1st bay of porch having tracery as in aisle windows. Porch Interior: floor rises towards doorway, stone benches, groined tierceron vaulting with bosses springing from round attached columns. Ogee arch to C14 doorway with lion head stops, inner trefoil headed order, each foil cusped. Thick marble threshold with indents for brass shields and scrolls, not a reused tomb. Roofless south transept: stepped angle buttresses of stone dressed knapped flint having coped gables and niches. Square crocketted pinacles at angles with gabled panels to sides; crocketted south gable having broken cross at apex. 4-light opening to south with Geometric tracery of 2 large quatrefoils in circles below a lozenge with 4 cusped quatrefoils; 3-light openings to east and west walls, ogee headed lights to east, reticulated to west. East window of aisle as transept east window. Blocked east window to nave above string course of former chancel roof. Slate roof to low chancel, priests door and 3 'Y' tracery windows to south wall, that to east renewed; 5-light Perpendicular east window having panel tracery under segmental head imposed on blocked earlier lancets. Stepped buttresses at angles. North facade: one 'Y' tracery window to chancel; ruined north transept having part walls, with no details, only. Clerestorey and north aisle windows as south; parapet to clerestorey with elaborate panel and quatrefoil flushwork. Small north porch with slate roof; pointed segmental arch having continuous mouldings to 1st and 3rd orders, round shafts to 2nd. Cusped 2-light unglazed openings under square heads to returns. North doorway with continuous mouldings. 3 stage north-west tower with angle buttresses and embattled parapet, small stair turret to north-east, lancets to 1st stage, 2 blocked to west, narrow slit windows to west, one to north, 2-light cusped ogee headed bell openings, tracery lost to west. Large 6-light Perpendicular west nave window, the panel tracery renewed, transomed lights. West porch rebuilt 191l, coursed pebble flint, angle buttresses, embattled parapet with crocketted finials at angles. C14 west doorway having deep mouldings, outer order with large roses having angel head at apex, round shafts, inner order with cusped cinquefoil head, crocketted hood mould with crowned figure stops. C14 door with Decorated foliage to strap hinges; part of Purbeck marble stoup.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Nave roof of c.1970, boarded, arched braced collars with fretwork above alternate collars in Decorated style; C15 roofs to aisles having fret- work spandrels to arch braces. C14 6 bay north and south arcades having octagonal piers and moulded arches; large varied figure corbels within spandrels to south showing traces of colour, panelled corbels to north spandrels with vaulted crocketted canopies above. Figure and foliage central stops to arch mouldings to aisles. Floor partly paved with C15 12" marble slabs. Chancel arch with polygonal shafts, ovolo mouldings between hollow chamfered mouldings. Wide cinquefoil headed piscina with hollow chamfered arch, C17 altar with strapwork frieze, top renewed and enlarged; 6 stalls of 1530s with misericords showing merchants mark (John Greneway) with JG impaling the Grocers' company. Pulpit dated 1611 having two slender turned columns to angles between panels having renaissance arches. 24 C15 benchends with animals and grotesques, many poppy heads incorporating figures. C15 octagonal seven sacrament font. Fragments of stained glass in north chancel, series of female saints in tracery panels in south aisle, c.1460. Slender shafts to rear arch of west doorway. C15 west gable cross now in south aisle. North of font achievement board of Charles 1, altered for Queen Anne. Large monumental brass 1512 to John Symonds and wife Agnes in shrouds, and separate named children; good group of 6 sons c.1460 - both south aisle; various C16 brass inscriptions and figures.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 48 431
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
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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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