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Founded by Thomas Newman 1710
Dove Bell ID: 50521 Tower ID: 18004 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Ashwicken: All Saints
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626637
http://www.ggmbenefice.ukOverview
Grid reference: TF 698 188
Dating from 1300s, built of flint and stone with stepped buttresses. The east window features the Good Samaritan, the Millennium window features wild flowers and there is a commemorative window for the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. The church is also renowned for its baptismal shell
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 249 m²
Exterior Description
C13 and later. Flint, carstone and some Sandringham sandstone, stone dressings, renewed roof of pantiles, oversailing brick cornice. West tower, nave, chancel and south porch. Tower: pyramidal tiled roof, no parapet; 2 massive diagonal brick buttresses, C16, with diaper patterning; C13 west window of cusped Y tracery having carstone above but below bell stage; bell stage set back with single lancet to each face, that to east blocked. South porch rebuilt C19, south face of flint, returns mainly carstone, tile roof; diagonal buttresses; plain chamfered arch with niche above; returns each with 2 C15 cusp headed lights under a square hood. Plain south doorway with pointed segmental arch under a hood mould. South nave: with 2 3-light windows having panel tracery and a 4-centred arch, grille leaded panes, brick panels below lights, 2 brick buttresses. North nave: 5 stepped brick buttresses, chamfered brick cap to plinth, blocked north doorway of 4-centred arch with hood mould and brick dressings, 3 C19 2-light windows with panel tracery within blocked Tudor arches having brick voussoirs. East of nave with blocked opening. Chancel rebuilt C19 in varied stone rubble including reused limestone, diagonal buttresses, cusped single lights, 2 to south, 1 to north, C19 east window of 3-lights with panel tracery. C14 priest's door to south with hood mould. C19 vestry to north incorporates part of lava grindstone.
As listed on Hhistoric England website
Interior
Interior Description
Plain pointed tower arch with thick flat reveals; rest of interior wholly of C19 with no features of special interest.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 698 188
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
Churchyard Structures
War Memorial
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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