NHER 4653 (Structure record) - Ruin of Church of St Andrew, Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew

September 1962. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Ruin, formerly parish church. 15th century. Flint with ashlar and brick dressings. Tower and fragments of nave wall survive. South-west porch tower of three unbuttressed stages. Arched entrance south and north, with two-light ringing chamber and belfry stage windows under super arches. Fleuron studded string course below embattled knapped flint parapet decorated with cusped arcading. South-east nave window of two ogee lights supporting vesica."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

August 1987. Building Survey.
Ruins of old church - nave, chancel and porch-tower; all of late 15th/16th century date. 14th-15th century font, hatchment in new church.
See file notes (S2) for full report. See also local press article (S3).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 August 1987. Information from record card (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

Old photograph republished in EDP (S5) shows old church boarded up just before demolition, with new church completed in the background but without its tower, so photo is post 1866 and pre 1881. This photo confirms that the old church did not have central gargoyles to its battlements - these must have been reset there after dilapidation. The stair turret to the tower had a sort of Gothic Diocletian window at the top; otherwise there is nothing to add to what Ladbrooke shows. The patch of brick mentioned above by one south nave window may have been connected with an external monument.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 19 February 1993. Information from file notes (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

Appropriate section from reference (S6) in file.

Date 1624 on sundial.