NHER 8303 (Building record) - St Mary's Church, Tunstead

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Summary

This large church has a Decorated style nave and a Perpendicular style chancel, with an early Perpendicular style west tower. It is situated some distance away from the present village, and is of flint with limestone dressings and a spectacular flushwork arcade in the south nave wall. Inside it has an unusual raised platform-reliquary at the east end, and retains a late 15th century rood screen and beam, and reredos.

Protected Status/Designation

Listed Building (I) 1152357: CHURCH OF ST MARY

Location

Map sheet	TG32SW
Civil Parish	TUNSTEAD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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Magnificent church, Decorated and Perpendicular style contemporary. Unusual raised platform-reliquary at east end.
For full details see secondary file and press cuttings.
E. Rose (NAU).

October 2006. Building recording.
Very large parish church, mid 14th century, situated some distance away from the present village of Tunstead. Flint with limestone dressings with a lead roof to the nave and copper to the chancel. Spectacular flushwork arcade on south nave wall.
See (S5).
J. Allen (NLA), 5 January 2007.

October 2008.
Roof fully restored following falling masonry.
See (S6)
H. White (NLA) 19 December 2008.

2006-2008. Dendrochronological Survey.
Twelve timber samples were taken from the nave roof. A smaple from the principle rafter and arch brace were found likely to have been cut from the same tree. All timbers remain undated.
See report (S7) for further details
H. White (NLA), 29 January 2009

Associated Sources (22)

--- SNF67760 *Digital Archive: Heywood, S. 2006. Photographs.
--- SNF12943 Aerial Photograph: TG3022A, B.
--- SNF2637 Article in Serial: Fawcett, R. 1980. A Group of Churches by the Architect of Great Walsingham. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXVII Pt III pp 292-294. p 277.
--- SNF100745 Article in Serial: Manning, C. R. 1855. Remarks on some churches in the neighbourhood of North Walsham. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol IV pp 296-309. p 303-305.
--- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
--- SNF82281 Leaflet: A short guide to the Parish Church of St. Mary the Virgin Tunstead..
--- SNF84963 Leaflet: Butler- Stoney, R. 2001. St Mary's church, Tunstead.
--- SNF82282 Leaflet: fEILDEN & Mawson Architects. Tunstead Parish Church.
--- SNF4947 Map: Bryant, A.. 1826. Bryant's Map of Norfolk.
--- SNF80988 Monograph: Hart, S.. 2010. Medieval Church Window Tracery in England. pp 90, 100.
--- SNF94092 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-East Norfolk and Norwich. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. pp 334-335; Pl 23b, Pl 37b.
--- SNF58263 Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 702-703; Pl 24, Pl 39.
--- SNF89652 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. Let's hear it for the belfry squad. 31 December.
--- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
--- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1> SNF3778 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Closure faces outstanding 'wool' church. 3 May.
<S2> SNF478 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. Parish can save church (letter to the editor). 16 May.
<S3> SNF477 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1988. [Articles and a letter to the editor regarding the potential closure of St Mary's Church, Tunstead].
<S4> SNF61727 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2006. Windfall to ease repair worries. 2 March.
<S5> SNF66384 Unpublished Document: Heywood, S. 2006. The Roofs of the Church of St Mary the Virgin.. October.
<S6> SNF71314 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2008. Bishop's blessing for new-look church. 10 October.
<S7> SNF71372 Monograph: Bridge, M. 2008. St Mary's Church, Tunstead, Norfolk. Tree-Ring Analysis of Timbers from the Nave Roof. Scientific Dating Report. English Heritage Research Department Report Series. 79-2008.

Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)

Object Types (7)

DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
ROOD SCREEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

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Record last edited

Aug 22 2020 8:03PM