Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Lester & Pack 1765
Dove Bell ID: 56148 Tower ID: 21313 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
South Lynn: All Saints
Diocese of Norwich
Church, 626648
http://www.allsaintskingslynn.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: TF 620 195
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Rood Screen Stained Glass
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 621 m²
Exterior Description
The earliest in Lynn. C11, rebuilt C14 and C15. West tower collapsed 1763. Carstone, flint and brick with ashlar dressings. Slate roofs. Nave, nave aisles, transepts and chancel. Windows are replacements. West nave wall in gault brick, 1763. Bell cote over gable. 3-light Perpendicular window. 2-light Perpendicular aisle west windows. Stepped buttresses to nave aisles with 3-light Perpendicular windows. Doorways in second bay to north and south sides. Clerestory with chequer flushwork and parapets. Four 2-light clerestory windows under 4-centred arches. Transepts retain C13 fragments, especially to south. 3-light main windows, again with tracery trying to look genuinely Perpendicular, but failing. North chancel with a gabled vestry and a window to its east. South chancel was site of an anchorite cell in C13, of which scars remain. Two 2-light windows. At east end of south side a small gabled structure may have associations with the cell. 3-light chancel east window.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
4-bay Perpendicular arcade with moulded arches standing on elaborated piers. Piers have filleted engaged columns to east and west, and polygonal columns to north and south. Screen to west end formed of 6 painted C17 panels depicting Apostles, relocated from St Peter's, West Lynn. Over screen is a C20 gallery. C15 four-bay nave roof of hollow-chamfered tie beams on arched braces dropping to wall posts and stone corbels. Pierced tracery spandrels. King and Queen posts rise to principals and one tier butt purlins. Late C20 rood screen. C19 hammerbeam roof to chancel. Octagonal C15 font on C19 stem, the bowl panels alternating between tracery and cusping. C15 three-bay sedilia in chancel south wall, each seat recess with a cusped and sub-cusped arched head within square surround. Piscina to east similar.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 620 195
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.
It is unknown whether 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.
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