NHER 10333 (Building record) - St Andrew's Church, Claxton
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TG30SW |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | CLAXTON, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1960. Listed, Grade I.
Listing Descrption Excerpt:
"Parish church. Nave C12 in origin with later fenestration; C16 west tower and porch; chancel rebuilt C19. Flint and red brick with limestone and brick dressings. Nave thatched, chancel plain-tiled with crested ridges, porch pantiled. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch; former north arcade now blocked to form north wall of nave. Unbuttressed west tower of flint with red brick dressings."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 August 2023.
Nave of Saxo-Norman or Norman origins with one surviving window; fragment of early window also inserted in later tower. Nave doorways perhaps 13th century, also piscina in chancel if not entirely 19th century. 14th century nave window, north aisle (demolished 18th century) and perhaps tower arch. Tower rebuilt about 1500, porch of same period. Present chancel 1867, nave roof 1928.15th century font; remains of important 17th century memorial.
See (S10) in file.
E. Rose (NLA), 13 March 2004.
Associated Sources (11)
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1373099.
- <S10> SNF53131 Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2004. Building Report.. Building Report.
- <S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
- <S3> SNF100763 Article in Serial: Munford, G. 1864. Notices of the early history of the vicarage of Claxton in Norfolk. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol VI pp 61-71.
- <S4> SNF84884 Photograph: 1936. Photograph of St Andrews Church, Claxton. Black & white.
- <S5> SNF82402 Leaflet: Stedman, M. et al. 1978. Eleven Churches - A Guide to the Bramerton Group, Norfolk. Norwich Printing Services. pp 30-35.
- <S6> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG3203/A; 27-APR-1984 (NLA 150/AWY1).
- <S7> SNF89512 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. Idea goes a bundle. 30 June.
- <S8> SNF10367 Oblique Aerial Photograph: Various. ? - 2020. Norfolk Air Photo Library: Oblique Collection. TG3203/B-C,E; 08-JUL-1996 (NLA 368/JCL2,14,16).
- <S9> SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 263.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2025 4:53PM