NHER 4592 (Building record) - All Saints' Church, Cockley Cley
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF70SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | COCKLEY CLEY, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
The Norman round tower collapsed in 1991, and the west wall is probably Norman.
Chancel is Early English, nave and south aisle about 1300.
Church extensively restored in about 1860 by Phipson, when the north aisle was added and Perpendicular additions were removed.
See (S1), (S2) and (S3).
E. Rose (NAU) 3 September 1991
March-April 2008. Watching Brief.
Monitoring of the removal of rubble from around base of tower. Architectural fragments, roof lead and grave headstonees were identified. Several fragments had masons marks. The worked stone will be retained on site
See report (S4) for further information.
The archive associated with this work has been deposited with the Norwich Castle Museum (NWHCM : 2010.44).
H. White (NLA) 28 January 2008. Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 5 May 2019.
Associated Sources (16)
- --- SNF11659 Aerial Photograph: TF7904 E,F,AF,AK-AL.
- --- SNF86417 Article in Serial: Hart, S. 1995. Cockley Cley Church Tower - A Constructional Analysis. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLII Pt II pp 185-195.
- --- SNF97838 Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
- --- SNF77579 Leaflet: A guide to the churches and villages of the Hilborough group of parishes, Norfolk..
- --- SNF99171 Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of South Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XII. pp 44-54.
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 265.
- --- SNF57487 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. 1,000 years of history destroyed. 3 September.
- --- SNF57486 Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1991. Ancient church tower tumbles. 31 August.
- --- SNF83283 Photograph: Cockley Cley Church. Print.
- --- SNF9916 Photograph: FNY32-35.
- --- 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 122.
- <S2> SNF57485 Unpublished Document: Hart, S.. 1992. Cockley Cley Church - A Constructional Analysis.
- <S3> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England.
- <S4> SNF71408 Unpublished Contractor Report: Smith, L. 2008. All Saints' Church, Cockley Cley, Norfolk. Monitoring of Works Under Archaeological Supervision and Control. Archaeological Solutions. 3096.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (1)
Object Types (6)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FONT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2025 2:40PM