Church of St. Margaret
Church of St Margaret, Thorpe Market, NR11 8UA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1049786
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Margaret, Thorpe Market, NR11 8UA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1049786
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Margaret, Thorpe Market, NR11 8UA
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Margaret, Thorpe Market, NR11 8UA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Thorpe Market
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 24496 35381
Details
TG 23 NW
3/65
THORPE MARKET
STATION ROAD
Church of St. Margaret
4.10.60
II*
Parish church. 1796 by Wood. Quaternary and Quarry flint and Lincolnshire Limestone. Slate roof with oversailing eaves on stone brackets. Rectangular in plan. West end has part-blind Y-tracery window with Y glazing bars; blind lancets beside. Encircled quatrefoil in gable now with bell and cover over it. Corner turrets of square knapped flint with stone caps. South elevation of five bays with pinnacled stone porches to the first and fifth bays; pointed archways; double leaved doors to church, each leaf of two panels with pointed heads; to side-walls of porches a blind lancet; flanking each porch a blind pointed niche. Three Y-tracery windows with Y glazing bars. To north a gabled vestry with rectangular window with leaded glazing; two gargoyles to the gable end and four quatrefoils enclosed in a lozenge all presumably from Medieval church; lean-to. Eastern elevation as west without the bell.
Interior. Slight Gothick screens across nave and between nave and chancel having glazed panels and iron lattice infill. Screen across nave records the rebuilding of the church by Lord Suffield 'at his own expense'. Royal arms of George III on the reverse. Coved ceiling with ribs and rose bosses; angel head corbels. Fine marble memorial to Sir Thomas Rant d.1671 with Ionic columns supporting broken pediment with achievement on brackets; drapery to apron. Similar tomb to Elizabeth Rant d.1697. Tomb to two infants by C. Regnard erected in 1796 by Lord Suffield having obelisk with cherub and urn; panel with shells to corners; foliage to apron. Tomb to Robert Britiffe d.1749 with shouldered and eared panel; swan pediment with achievement; cherubs to apron. C14 octagonal font with attached shafts supporting bowl having tracery with mouchettes.
Listing NGR: TG2449635381
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 224727
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 25 February 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
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