NHER 11065 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Alburgh
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Summary
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Location
| Map sheet | TM28NE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ALBURGH, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Medieval church with C14 chancel. Nave, west tower and south porch C15. Constructed from flint rubble with stone dressings and slate roofs. Tall west tower with diagonal buttresses to bottom
stage only, and with slightly recessed bell-stage with 2-light 4-centred arch bell openings, and stepped battlements with flushwork panelling and pinnacles with small flying buttresses.
Flushwork panelling also at base of tower either side of west doorway with
3-light Perpendicular window above.
Perpendicular nave windows. South porch has original roof.
Interior: C15 arch braced nave roof with embattled wall plate. Late C15 screen dado with tracery and remains of colour. Two C15 benches at west end of nave with poppyheads to bench ends.
Information from (S1).
See (S2).
E.Rose (NLA).
Associated Sources (6)
- --- SNF4924 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1899. Hundred of Earsham. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol III. pp 57-63.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 177.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- <S2> SNF3251 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Restoration. 21 June.
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Record last edited
Jun 15 2018 12:11PM