NHER 7216 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Bawdeswell

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Summary

The site of a medieval church with 18th and 19th century elements. In 1739 the tower collapsed, destroying much of the nave. Rebuilding and renovation work followed. In November 1944 an RAF plane returning from a raid in Germany crashed and destroyed the building, believed to be the only time in the war when a church was wrecked by an aircraft, though others were destroyed or damaged bombs or other objects dropped from the air. A replacement church, the exisiting Georgian style building, was built in 1952.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (II) 1376613: CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS

Location

Map sheet	TG02SW
Civil Parish	BAWDESWELL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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1982.
Original church claimed as Norman, altered in 14th century. Collapsed 1740 and part rebuilt. Totally rebuilt 1844; destroyed 1944, rebuilt 1952. Some old fragments remain.
See (S1), (S2), photographs (S3) and press cuttings (S4) to (S7) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 3 September 1982.

Listed (S8).

September 2004.
For masonry fragments probably from the Victorian church see NHER 14173.
E. Rose (NLA), 1 September 2004.

July 2005.
The site of a medieval church with 18th and 19th century elements. In 1739 the tower collapsed, destroying much of the nave. Rebuilding and renovation work followed. In November 1944 an RAF plane returning from a raid in Germany crashed and destroyed the building. A replacement church, the existing Georgian style building, was built in 1952.
See report on crash (S9) in file.
D. Robertson (NLA), 22nd July 2005.

Historic building report.
All Saints Church is a Neo-Georgian structure that was built in 1953-5 by J. Fletcher-Watson on the site of a 19th century church that was itself built on the site of a medieval church. The west tower surmounted with a bleached oak bellcote with singled spirelet; aisleless nave divided into five bays by buff brick pilasters; porch of four Tuscan columns supporting a pedimented entablature; apsidal chancel.
See (S10) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 14 June 2010.

Associated Sources (20)

--- SNF99427 Designation: English Heritage. 1990-2013. English Heritage Listing Notification. Notification. DNF3489.
--- SNF560 Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. Walter Rye Collection. RYE 17..
--- SNF6690 Illustration: Ladbrooke. [unknown].
--- SNF7865 Illustration: Reeve, E.. 1846. South-East View of Bawdeswell Church.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 381.
--- SNF4046 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1944. Crashing plane wrecks church. 6 November.
--- SNF7568 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1990-1991. [Articles about the crash of an RAF Mosquito bomber into All Saints' Church, Bawdeswell]. 11 November.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
--- SNF86300 Website: King, D.. 2010 -. Corpus Vitrearum Medii Aevi. Medieval Stained Glass in Great Britain: The Medieval Stained Glass of Norfolk. https://www.cvma.ac.uk/publications/digital/norfolk/siteindex.html. 11 April 2022. Bawdeswell: Parish Church of All Saints [accessed 11 April 2022].
<S1> SNF56514 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1982. Building Report.. Building Report.
<S10> SNF74747 Unpublished Document: Heywood, S. Historic building report for All Saints Church, The Street, Bawdeswell, Dereham, Norfolk. Building Report.
<S2> SNF6542 Illustration: July 1980. Norfolk Fair.
<S3> SNF9094 Photograph: CBZ7-12, CLH3,4, CBT2,5, BVA10 (inc Ladbrooke).
<S4> SNF587 Newspaper Article: ?Norwich Mercury. 1944. [Norfolk church destroyed]. 30 November.
<S5> SNF3758 Newspaper Article: Norfolk News. 1950. [Illustration of ruins of All Saint's Church, Bawdeswell]. 3 February.
<S6> SNF3670 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1984. Lantern legacy. 28 May.
<S7> SNF68632 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996-1998. [Articles on the listing of All Saints' Church, Bawdeswell].
<S8> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1376613.
<S9> SNF56602 Unpublished Document: Collis, R.J.. Mosquito KB364, Bawdeswell, Norfolk.

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Record last edited

Apr 11 2022 11:41AM