NHER 10335 (Building record) - St Mary's Church, Ashby St Mary
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG30SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | ASHBY ST MARY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1960. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Parish church. 12th century with 13th century work in chancel and 15th century west tower. Flint with limestone and brick dressings, some old quoins of conglomerate at south west corner of nave. Steeply-pitched roof over nave and chancel with plain tiles on south side and 20th century concrete tiles on north. Plain tiled porch roof. West tower, south porch, nave, chancel."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 August 2023.
Conglomerate quoins to nave west, and fossil east in south wall. Fine Norman south door, one Norman window. Chancel about 1200. Tower and several windows 15th century. South porch 16th century. Wagon ceiling, buttresses 1834. Several good items of 17th century woodwork. Unusual font - date? Listed Grade II*.
See (Sa) and (Sb). Illustration in file.
E. Rose, (NAU) 7 July 1988.
2003.
Present chancel is certainly Early English but perhaps not as early as 1200. Alterations of the 17th century and 18th century are apparent. There was clearly a later 19th century restoration as well as 1834. See (S9).
E. Rose (NLA), 15 February 2003.
February 2005. Found during building work.
Medieval floor tiles. Details in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 8 February 2005.
See (S10) for further details and photographs of the unusual gravestones.
H. White (NLA), 14 May 2009
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1050660.
- <S10> SNF71675 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. Stories in the gravestones.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- <S4> SNF82402 Leaflet: Stedman, M. et al. 1978. Eleven Churches - A Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk. Norwich Printing Services. pp 10-15.
- <S5> SNF54455 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. Building Report.. Building Report.
- <S6> SNF9656 Photograph: Rose, E. 1988. Historic Environment Service Photography: Film EGM/10-11. Site visit to St Mary's Church, Ashby St Mary. Historic Environment Service Film Collection. film. black and white. EGM/10-11.
- <S7> SNF97215 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1994. Tower 'unsafe' after strike. 2 August.
- <S8> SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 181.
- <S9> SNF51660 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2003. Building Report.. Building Report.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (4)
Object Types (8)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ARCHITECTURAL FRAGMENT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FLOOR TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- GRAVESTONE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 7 2024 11:28AM