NHER 3732 (Building record) - St Mary's church, Tittleshall

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Summary

St Mary's church has a aisleless Perpendicular style nave lit by transomed windows, but the chancel and west tower are in the Decorated style. The chancel has a massive magnificent Decorated five-light window with reticulated tracery, and there is a very elaborately moulded tower arch on the west tower. In addition, Tittleshall is particularly notable in that it is the final resting place for many of the Coke family during the post medieval period. The Coke family bought the Tittleshall manor following the reformation, as part of the expansion of the Holkham Estate, and chose to be buried in this church, where a number of fine monuments can be found dating from 1598.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1077435: CHURCH OF ST MARY

Location

Map sheet	TF82SE
Civil Parish	TITTLESHALL, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

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Decorated and Perpendicular style (14th-15th centuries) with Coke Mausoleum around 1700.
For full details see report in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 3 June 1981.

See leaflet, colour photographs in file. See also conservation report on the Coke monuments (S1).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 12 September 2002.

This is one of the sixty five Norfolk churches selected for (S2).
D. Gurney (NLA), 17 February 2006.

The Coke Mausoleum includes the velvet-covered coffin of Thomas Coke, 1st Earl of Leicester (d.1759).
Curiously, the motif at the head end of the coffin was applied inverted (S3).
D. Gurney (HES), 22 July 2011.

Associated Sources (16)

--- SNF11793 Aerial Photograph: TF8921 X-Y.
--- SNF40 Article in Serial: Plunkett, G. A. F. 1979. Norfolk Church Screens - 1865 Survey. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXVII Pt II pp 178-189. p 188.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF77520 Leaflet: Tittleshall, Church of St Mary the Virgin..
--- SNF4937 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of Launditch. The Churches of Norfolk. pp 215-228.
--- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 734-735; Pl 101.
--- SNF7580 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 356; Pl 46.
--- SNF94526 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2001. [Article on the memorials at Mary's church, Tittleshall]. 5 January.
--- SNF94527 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2001. A legal giant ahead of his time. 20 July.
--- SNF8821 Photograph: AS 18-19.
--- SNF51705 Publication: Hills, N.. The Coke Memorials.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF51706 Unpublished Report: The Skillington Workshop. 1997. St Mary's Church, Tittleshall, Norfolk. Report on the Coke Monuments.
<S2> SNF62471 Publication: Jenkins, S. 2000. England's Thousand Best Churches.
<S3> SNF81006 Publication: Julian Litten. 2011. Conservation Bulletin. Issue 66, Summer 2011.

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Record last edited

Jun 26 2018 1:30PM