Nominal: 850 Hz Weight: 941 lbs Diameter: 36.63" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1750
Dove Bell ID: 2566 Tower ID: 17182 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Field Dalling: St Andrew
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626611
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Grid reference: TG 6 390
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Explore inside the church Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 367 m²
Exterior Description
Medieval. Flint with stone dressings. Lead roofs, pantiles to porch. West tower, nave, north aisle, south porch, chancel. Embattled tower of 2 stages with diagonal buttresses. West window of 3 lights, the centre light with ogee head; panel tracery; hood mould. Single cusped lights to ringing chamber. Bell-openings with 2 ogee-headed lights; continuous sill band; hood mould. Buttressed nave of 4 bays. 3 restored 4-light windows with panel tracery to south. Rood stair. To north a doorway with continuous hollow chamfer and hood mould; 3 3-light windows with panel tracery under 4-centred arches; hood moulds. Restored west window to aisle of 3 lights with embattled transom. East wall of aisle rebuilt in brick and flint probably in C18. Clerestorey with 3 windows, the centre one blocked, having 2 cusped lights. Buttressed chancel of 2 bays, the south wall of galleted flint. One 3-light window with cusped reticulated tracery. Priests door with continuous hollow chamfer hood mould. One window with 2 ogee lights under stilted round arch; stilted hood mould. North chancel with one large blocked opening, the shafts with polygonal capitals visible. One 2-light window with cusped reticulated tracery; hood mould with figure stops. Blocked doorway with 4-centred brick arch. East window of 3 lights with cusped reticulated tracery, restored; hood mould with figure stops. Heavily restored porch to first nave bay; small cusped lights to east and west. C19/C20 brick eaves dentils, kneelers and to gable. Continuous hollow chamfer to archway; probably C19 inner arch on corbels with shields. 6 orders to continuously moulded nave doorway with hollow in middle; moulded hood. Restored medieval door.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
4 bay nave arcade with cruciform piers; the east and west shafts rising to carry inner order; polygonal capitals; broad hollow to north and south shafts which rise and divide to form outer order. Rere-arch to west window with castellated impost; hood mould. Arch-braced nave roof with brattished wall plate; brattished purlins, bosses. Arch-braced aisle roof with tracery in the spandrels; restored. Supported on corbels with shields, possibly C19. Doorway to rood stair with 4-centred arch. Tower arch with polygonal shafts, not central to nave. Chancel arch with shafts having polygonal capitals; 2 continuous outer orders. Chancel. Shafts to former north chapel visible. Hammerbeam roof with castellated wall plate. Ogee-headed piscina. C19 fittings to chancel. Many medieval benches with poppy-head ends with backs added in nave. Box-pews in north aisle. Restored octagonal font with octagonal base; shields to bowl.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1281.5 Hz Weight: 439 lbs Diameter: 27" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1750
Dove Bell ID: 49772 Tower ID: 17182 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1129 Hz Weight: 507 lbs Diameter: 29.13" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1750
Dove Bell ID: 49773 Tower ID: 17182 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1052.5 Hz Weight: 590 lbs Diameter: 30.5" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1750
Dove Bell ID: 49774 Tower ID: 17182 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 960 Hz Weight: 731 lbs Diameter: 33.13" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1750
Dove Bell ID: 49775 Tower ID: 17182 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 6 390
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.
Churchyard Structures
Cross
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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