Church of All Saints
CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, THE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1198791
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, THE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1198791
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of All Saints
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS, THE STREET
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 ALL SAINTS, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Darsham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 42090 69920
Details
TM 46 NW DARSHAM THE STREET
(north side)
6/32 CHURCH OF ALL SAINTS
7.12.66
GV I
Parish Church. Medieval, restored 1879 and 1887. Nave, chancel,
west tower, south porch. Mainly coursed flint rubble, stone
dressings, south wall of nave and chancel plastered; plaintiled
roofs. C15 square tower: 4 stages and crenellated parapet;
diagonal buttresses with flush work decoration; restored 3-light
west window, 2-light bell chamber openings, parapet with 2 bands
of flushwork divided by a string course. Nave with C15 windows,
2 to north and 3 to south; blocked C12 north doorway with remains
of arch; porch rebuilt 1887; C12 south doorway to nave, much
restored but with original shafts and capitals. South chancel
with 2 early C15 windows and C13 Priest's doorway; north chancel
with 3 late C19 lancet windows. C15 arch-braced nave roof of 6
bays; chancel roof with moulded wallplate and plaster ceiling.
Good early C15 octagonal font with well preserved carved panels
and stem; base step with original inscription. Nave with 18 C15
poppyhead bench ends, 14 of them with traceried panelling; 2
further poppyhead bench ends in chancel; early C17 pulpit and
holy table; Royal Arms of George IV over north doorway;
cinquefoil headed niche to splay of central south nave window.
North chancel with fine wall monument to Sir Thomas Bedingfield
(d.1660): albaster and marble, with flanking columns supporting a
pediment with 2 reclining figures; portrait brass on chancel
floor to Ann Bedingfield (d.1641); late C19 stained glass to
chancel and south nave. Graded I for surviving medieval work.
Listing NGR: TM4209069920
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 285627
- 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.
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