CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: II*
List Entry Number: 1050704
Date first listed: 26-Nov-1959
Date of most recent amendment: 02-Dec-1983
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST MARY THE VIRGIN, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County: Norfolk
District: South Norfolk (District Authority)
Parish: Newton Flotman
National Grid Reference: TM 21298 98475
Details
TM 29 NW NEWTON FLOTMAN CHURCH ROAD
(south-side)
6/36 Church of St.Mary the
26/11/59 Virgin
(Formerly listed as
II* Church of St. Mary)
-
Parish church. C15 and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings.
Lead roofs. West tower, aisleless nave with south porch and chancel with
organ extension to north. C15 west tower with diagonal buttresses and a
large west window with Victorian tracery. 2-light bell-openings with Per-
pendicular tracery and parapet with crow-stepped crenellations, gargoyles
and carved inscriptions with heraldry on eastern face. Stair turret to
north. Nave with 2 3-light cusped Y-traceried windows and 2 3-light Per-
pendicular windows, all restored. Chancel with modern traceried east window
and 2 2-light Perpendicular windows to south. Rebuilt C16 porch with some
original openings re-set. C15 tower-arch of 3 plain chamfered orders on
semicircular responds. Similar chancel arch on faceted responds. Blocked
former rood stair doorway with traceried spandrels to north and simple nave
piscina to south. Trefoil piscina in chancel. Wall monument in stone to
the Blondevile family, probably Thomas. Circa 1600. 3 panels divided by
pilasters and flanked by columns surmounted by obelisks. Semicircular-headed
pediment with blank tympanum. Kneeling figure in centre panel (probably
Thomas Blondevile) with 3 female weepers in left hand panel. Brass plaque,
probably re-set, in right hand panel with kneeling effigies of Edward
(died 1568), Radulph (died 1514) and Richard (died 1490) Blondevile.
Rhyming inscription and heraldic shields beneath plaque. Fine C15 poppy
head bench ends.
Listing NGR: TM2129898475
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
Legacy System number: 226613
Legacy System: LBS
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