CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1152882
- Date first listed:
- 04-Oct-1960
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- North Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Plumstead
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 13254 34893
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 06/09/2012
TG 13 SW
7/81
4.10.60
PLUMSTEAD
CHURCH STREET
(north side)
Church of St Michael
II*
Parish church. C12; chancel of c.1300; C14 south aisle, demolished before
C19; C15 clerestory and west tower; restored 1873. C12 herringbone masonry
of iron conglomerate to north wall with original quoining at junction with
chancel and tower; rest of knapped and unknapped flint with clunch ashlar
dressings, partly rendered; gabled C19 plain tile roof with bands of fishscale
tiles. Plan of nave and chancel with west tower. Chancel has C19 (probably
1873) 3-light perpendicular-style east window and, to south side, a 2-light
window with trefoil heads and a similar one-light window of c.1300 flanked
by offset buttresses; c.1873 organ chamber and C19 buttresses to north side.
Nave has two 2-light geometrical-style windows and hood mould over chamfered
pointed-arched doorway to south and gabled north porch with cinquefoiled
lights and pointed arched doorway, all of c.1873. West tower of 3 stages
with angle buttresses having blank tracery to stone plinths; hood mould over
c.1873 west window; stair projection to north; 2-light cinquefoiled belfry
windows with perpendicular tracery; gargoyles to corners of flushwork parapet
with crocketed pinnacles. Interior: chancel has trefoil-headed piscina and
drop sedilia of c.1300 and remains of Easter Sepulchre with modern colouring
to fragmentary vaulting. C14 two-bay south arcade of 3 orders with hollow
chamfers set on octagonal piers with moulded capitals; C15 tower arch with
wave-moulded outer arch set on polygonal responds with embattled capitals.
Mid C19 and C15 corbels to mid C19 hammerbeam roof to chancel and waggon
roof with scissor braces and arch-braced principles to nave, all with C15
elements. Fittings: altar, reredos, litany desk and sanctuary provided as
memorial to Captain Whiteside, d.1916; pews, pulpit, lectern and west screen
of c.1873; C15 octagonal stone font. Memorial to Theophila Fleming, d.1743.
Royal Arms of George VI to north wall. Stained glass: C15 figures in east
window and C16-17 Flemish glass in south windows taken from Catton Hall,
Norwich, in 1952.
Listing NGR: TG1325434893
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 224098
- 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