CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1050695
Date first listed: 26-Nov-1959
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, SCHOOL ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS, SCHOOL ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Norfolk
District: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish: Bracon Ash
National Grid Reference: TG 17950 00194
Details
TG 10 SE BRACON ASH SCHOOL ROAD
Church of St Nicholas
2/9
26/11/59
- I
Parish church. Medieval and later. Rendered-flint with ashlar dressings
and plaintiled roofs. Ashlar mausoleum. Nave with south aisle and north
porch and chancel with mausoleum to north. 2 fine C14 2-light Decorated
windows to south aisle with mouchette and dagger filled vessicas. 2 2-
light Y-traceried windows to north side of nave. 5 Y-traceried windows
to chancel with carved label stops; tracery of 3-light east window is
modern and the 3-light easternmost south window is in timber yet both retain
original reveals. Berney family mausoleum of C. 1750 in ashlar with an
oculus to each face (blind to east and west) with 4 raised keystones.
Northern oculus contained within a pedimented aedicule with rusticated
pilasters. Rusticated quoins, moulded cornice and parapet. C15 south
arcade of 3 bays with faceted quatrefoil piers and hollow chamfered arches
Surviving rood stair to north. C14 or C15 chancel arch with polygonal
responds. Fine late C13 chancel with 8 splayed Y-traceried side windows
(some blocked yet visible internally) with shafted divisions and continuous
deeply carved hood-moulds with label stops. Remains of an important early
Renaissance terra-cotta canopied tomb of C.1525 in chancel. (A.P. Baggs,
"C16 terra-cotta tombs in East Anglia", Archaeological Journal, CXXV,
1969). 4 bays divided by pendant capitals; recessed panels with
Renaissance decoration and candelabra pilasters. Chest destroyed and
canopy blocked.
Listing NGR: TG1795000194
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 226586
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
'Archaeological Journal' in Archaeological Journal, , Vol. 125, (1969)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing