NHER 5282 (Building record) - St Margaret's Church or St Mary's Church, Norton Subcourse
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TM49NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | NORTON SUBCOURSE, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
Round tower, of Saxo-Norman date, along with portions of west nave wall. Long nave and chancel in one, all of about 1340 slightly to the south of lines of walls of earlier church; alterations to tower same date. Very ornate and high quality chancel windows, sedilia, piscina. Virtually no later work except small repairs. Many niches and tomb recess. Purbeck marble font. Raveningham group of parishes, care of Hales rectory.
See report (S1)and photos (S2-S4) in file.
E. Rose (NAU) 28 February 1986.
Further restoration in 1998 suggests tower has Norman windows possibly in older core and revealed a find post medieval roof.
See further report.
E. Rose (NLA) 22 October 1998.
See (S5).
Associated Sources (13)
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF80988 Monograph: Hart, S.. 2010. Medieval Church Window Tracery in England. pp 68, 87, 119.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 577.
- --- SNF66028 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Ceiling fall risk closes parish church. 5 February.
- --- SNF87262 Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Late Saxon. Norton Subcourse.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- --- SNF8807 Slide: Various. Slide.
- <S1> SNF65443 Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NAU). 1986. Building Report.. Building Report.
- <S2> SNF47223 Photograph: JHB 2-5.
- <S3> SNF13639 Aerial Photograph: TM4098B-C.
- <S4> SNF9369 Photograph: CVS 28-33.
- <S5> SNF54519 Publication: Jeffery, P.. 2004. The Collegiate Churches of England and Wales.. p 234.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (7)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FONT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- TILE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2025 2:46PM