Ruins of Church of St James at TF 662 207
RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES AT TF 662 207
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1077664
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES AT TF 662 207
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1077664
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- Statutory Address 1:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES AT TF 662 207
Location
- Statutory Address:
- RUINS OF CHURCH OF ST JAMES AT TF 662 207
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- King's Lynn and West Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bawsey
- National Grid Reference:
- TF6625820794
Details
BAWSEY BAWSEY
TF 62 SE
1/1 Ruins of Church of St.
James (sometimes known
as Church of St Mary) at
TF 662 207
I
Ruined parish church, Cll. Carstone rubble with some flint, erratics and
Sandringham sandstone, stone dressings. Roofless. Central tower, nave and
chancel; part walls remaining. Axial square tower: north and east faces to
full height, both with large vertical cracks; lower west face; east angle of
south face; single splay semi-circular headed bell openings to east and north
with remains of external side shafts, string course below; long and short work
to quoins of north and east faces below string course; north face with some
putlog holes and remains of semi-circular headed single splay opening; 2 steep
gable lines to east, the lower possibly indicating a vaulted chancel roof.
South wall of chancel only, diagonal buttress and east jamb of 4-centred
window opening (complete opening extant in 1931); nave with diagonal
buttresses and remains of opposing north end south doorways. Interior:
semi-circular headed nave arch to tower of two orders, the inner with complete
zig-zag mouldings, the outer with incomplete double roll moulding, both
mouldings above former pairs of side shafts with cushion capitals, the only
shaft remaining to left. Plain semi-circular headed chancel arch with imposts
to tower. Tower arches to nave and chancel both with single roll moulding and
side shafts having cushion capitals to angles of jambs. The church in
isolated hill top position, has been in ruins since before 1770. The ruins
are much diminished since 1931; C.W. Messent: Ruined Churches of Norfolk 1931,
p.10. Scheduled Ancient Monument, Norfolk 147.
Listing NGR: TF6625820794
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 221934
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Messent, C W, Ruined Churches of Norfolk, (1931)
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