NHER 9956 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Tacolneston
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Summary
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Location
| Map sheet | TM19NW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | TACOLNESTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full Description
Oldest work 13th century, mostly rebuilt 1500s
Information from South Norfolk District Council.
Has 15th century screen and Jacobean pulpit.
(S1).
Scratch dials noted on porch.
(S2) noted a square tower, thatched nave, south aisle and porch, and a crossed coffin slab.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 June 1982.
Three bells from Stanfield church hung here in 1980. But was this ever carried out?
(S3) says 'original' bells now replaced by seven from St Peter Parmentergate (NHER 258), Norwich.
E. Rose (NAU).
[1] confirms latter, one of these bells has an inscription.
E. Rose (NAU).
December 1959. Listed, Grade II.
Mainly 14th and 15th century. West tower with diagonal buttresses and later parapet. Nave and chancel in one and long south aisle with Perpendicular windows. South porch with later brick gable. Five bay south arcade. Arch braced roofs.
15th century octagonal font. Part of dado of screen in south aisle, early 16th century with painted panels. Early 17th century pulpit.
Information from (S4).
D. Robertson (NLA), 7 July 2006.
March 2009. Building survey.
Unusually for an aisled church of this period, there is no clerestorey. The westernmost section of the nave wall appears to be the earliest part of the church, and is constructed of flint pebbles. Unlike the rest of the church there are no bricks or re-used masonaryin this part of the wall. Elsewhere, the construction is un-coursed and composed of flint rubble, narrow bricks and spolia, including cut masonry that seems to include sections of mullioned windows. The south wall has a high proportion of brick, which would suggest a relatively late date.
See (S5) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 5 February 2010
Associated Sources (13)
- --- SNF13556 Aerial Photograph: TM1495 A,B,G,H.
- --- SNF82315 Leaflet: All Saints' Church Tacolneston. The Stationary Centre.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 690-691.
- --- SNF3478 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1979. DIY effort rings hope for bells. 25 April.
- --- SNF64253 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1987. Rings a bell?. 19 August.
- --- SNF90761 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2011. Thieves steal lead from church roofs. 10 May.
- --- SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF7580 Monograph: Pevsner, N. 1962. North-West and South Norfolk. The Buildings of England. 1st Edition. p 336.
- <S2> SNF560 Documentary Source: Martin, T. c. 1700-1799. Collections of Church Notes. Norfolk Records Office. Walter Rye Collection. RYE 17.. c. 1740.
- <S3> SNF3664 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1983. Seven bells replace Tacolneston's five. 28 March.
- <S4> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1178820.
- <S5> SNF72373 Monograph: Longcroft, A., Brown, S. & Forrest, R.. 2009. The Tacolneston Project: A study of historic buildings in the Claylands of South Norfolk.. Journal of the Norfolk Historic Buildings Group. Vol 4.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (1)
- COFFIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
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Record last edited
May 14 2018 2:39PM