NHER 10590 (Building record) - St Andrew's Church, Gorleston on Sea

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A medieval parish church consisting of a west tower, with a continuous chancel and aisles. Construction is of flint with whole pebbles, and stone dressings. The whole building was heavily restored in 1872, including the rebuilding of the south porch. Inside, there is a 14th century decorated font, damaged in 1643, and a brass of a knight of the Bacon family which dates to about 1320.

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Ecclesiastical GORLESTON, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK
Civil Parish GREAT YARMOUTH, GREAT YARMOUTH, NORFOLK

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13th century west tower, 14th century nave, continuous chancel and aisles. Heavily restored in 1872, including rebuilding of north wall and south porch. Flint construction with whole pebbles and ashlar dressings. Machine tile roofs. Inside is a 14th century decorated font, damaged in 1643, and a brass of a knight of the Bacon family from about 1320.
Information from (S1).
P. Aldridge (NLA) 5 December 2005.

Painting of Moses and Aaron, 1630, from here now in St Peter Hungate Museum.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 November 1987.

Offprint in file.

The Yarmouth Society note there are some important 'maritime' headstones in the churchyard, particularly to the east end.
E. Rose (NLA), 22 October 2001.

2004.
A medieval psalter which was first owned by someone connected with St Andrews church was discovered in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield's house in Oxfordshire. Only 46 psalters of this type are known to exist.
See (S2) for details,
H. White, (NLA), 13 April 2010

  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 476-477.
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • --- Unpublished Document: DCMS. 2004. DCMS press release regarding the Macclesfield Psalter. 10 August 1972.
  • <S1> Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
  • <S2> Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2004. Move to save historic Norfolk book for nation. 11 August.

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Jul 5 2016 4:37PM

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