Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Church Road, Burgh Castle, NR31 9QG
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1051008
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Church Road, Burgh Castle, NR31 9QG
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1051008
- Date first listed:
- 27-Nov-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Church Road, Burgh Castle, NR31 9QG
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, Church Road, Burgh Castle, NR31 9QG
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Great Yarmouth (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Burgh Castle
- National Park:
- The Broads
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 47640 04973
Details
TG 40 SE
7/17
BURGH CASTLE
CHURCH ROAD (south side)
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
27.11.54
II*
Parish church. Late C11 west tower. Nave and chancel retain C13 character but remodelled C15. North aisle 1847. South porch 1857. Quaternary and Quarry flint and chert with Lincolnshire Limestone ashlar dressings and some brick. Partly rendered. Slate roofs. Circular three stage tower. Lancet west window. No ringing chamber windows but lancets to belfry with brick surrounds. Top of tower rebuilt in brick below crenellated parapet. Diagonal stepped western nave buttresses. Gabled porch with moulded entrance arch. Two two-light Perpendicular south nave windows flank a single lancet. Stepped buttresses to south flank. Lean-to north aisle pierced by two-light Perpendicular windows. Two three-light Perpendicular south chancel windows under square heads. North chancel partly obscured by gabled C19 vestry. Three-light Perpendicular east window. Diagonal stepped buttresses to east end.
Interior. Tall chamfered tower arch. Three bay north arcade of C14 style: tall plinths and piers formed of four lobes with hollows between. Wave moulded arches. Scissor braced nave roof with renewed timbers and decorated wall plate. Font reputed to be of 1387 but looks C15. Octagonal with four crouching lions against stem. Angels under bowl. Four lions and four shield-bearing angels alternate to bowl panels. Two high splayed windows over south door. Brick rood stairs, blocked at top. Wave, hollow and chamfered chancel arch with circular responds. Chancel has remains of one irregular wall arch to north and south, that to south interrupted to allow insertion of window. Bench sedilia and trefoiled piscina.
Listing NGR: TG4764004973
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 227752
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
British Geological Survey, Strategic Stone Study, accessed 05 March 2020 from https://www.bgs.ac.uk/mineralsuk/buildingStones/StrategicStoneStudy/EH_atlases.html
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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