NHER 3294 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, North Wootton

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A church of 1852 by Anthony Salvin for the Honourable Mrs Mary Howard, built at a cost of £2,200. It replaced a medieval church on the site that had fallen into disrepair. The style is Early English, with a grand west door flanked by niches and blind arcading at the base of the tower. Plate tracery in the bell openings and nave and three narrow lancet windows to the east end complete the picture. The tower has a southwest turret which is capped in a Scottish baronial style popular at the time. Inside is a 19th century font with stylised foliage decoration, and the choir stalls are particularly worthy of note, their heads presumably those of parishioners. The windows have later 19th century stained glass, including a rare figure of St Francis.

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Map sheet TF62SW
Civil Parish NORTH WOOTTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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1852 by Salvin. On medieval site.
Elizabethan chalice, paten 1641 (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 1982.

Inside the church are drawings of the older building. A medieval corbel is kept at Church Farm. Information from [1].
(No Ladbrooke print).

1985.
Faculty to build west gallery and install organ from Great Lumley Church, County Durham.
Gallery to be made from stalls from Forncett St. Mary.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 December 1985.

Part plan (S2) in file.

(S3) states that the medieval church on this site was in a very poor state of repair by the middle of the 19th century, which is presumably why it was demolished. (S1) states that the rebuilding costs were £2,200 which were met by the Hon. Mary Howard. (S1) also notes that the stained glass windows are by Ward and Hughes.
A. Cattermole (King's Lynn UAD), 3 July 2019.

For finds previously recorded under this number, see NHER 62808.

  • --- Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342413.
  • --- Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 576.
  • --- Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TF6324/A-C; 09-FEB-1984 (HES 139/AUE 17-19).
  • --- Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
  • --- Secondary File: Secondary File.
  • <S1> Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 277.
  • <S2> Drawing: Various. Various. Architectural plans.
  • <S3> Website: Knott, S.. 2005. All Saints, North Wootton. http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/northwooton/northwooton.htm. 24 August 2006.

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Apr 8 2025 10:42AM

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