Church of St Mary

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WEST WINCH WEST WINCH TF 51 NW Main Road (east side) 4/82 Church of St Mary 15.8.60 - II* Parish church, C13 and later. Carstone with limestone and brick dressings; slate roof. West tower, nave, chancel, south aisle and south porch. Tall tower mainly of carstone with limestone dressings; stepped diagonal buttresses; polygonal stair turret to north-east; west face with lower part of flint flushwork panels; Perpendicular west doorway with blank shields in spandrels, large lion stops, 2 side shafts to left and to right; canopied polygonal niches flanking doorway; 3-light west window with stepped supertransoms and panel tracery, some brickwork above; clock with limestone face dated 1727; traceried sound openings to north and south with shields, that to north blank; bell openings of 2 cusped lights under large cusped eyelet; brick embattled parapet with limestone crocketted pinnacles. Nave incorporates earlier diagonal buttresses of tower. South nave of carstone with some limestone, brick dressings, 3 renewed clerestorey lights with brick dressings each of 3 trefoil-headed lights under a segmental arch. South aisle of carstone with limestone dressings; 2 openings each of 2 cuspheaded lights under a square head, that to right with figure stops; east window of aisle with 3 cuspheaded lights. South porch: gabled north and south, gable parapet with shaped kneelers, remains of cross on north gable, plain tiles; south facade and diagonal buttresses of flint and limestone chequerwork, double hollow chamfered porch arch, sundial above dated 1766; returns of brick with flint chequerwork plinth, 2-light Decorated openings. Porch interior with quadripartite vault with stone ribs springing from defaced figure corbels; central bossy brick benches, moulded south doorway with deeply undercut hood mould and large figure stops. Chancel: carstone with brick dressings; south chancel with 3 stepped buttresses in brick, 2 openings of 2 and 3 pointed lights under a square hood mould, doorway to right blocked in brick; east chancel with much iron conglomerate, C13 east window of 3 stepped lights, mural monument to Phillip Brittiff 1723, Usher of the Free Schole at Lynn; north chancel with small lancet and C19 lean-to vestry. North nave of large carstone blocks, 2 3-light Perpendicular openings with panel tracery, north doorway as south. Crosses to nave and chancel gables. Interior: roof renewed C19; 3-bay south arcade with polygonal responds, that to west with ball flowers to capital; eastern pier of two polygonal responds, respond to west with nail head decoration to capital, quatrefoil western pier; double chamfered eastern arch, double hollow chamfers to central and western arches. Double chamfered chancel arch with polygonal jambs and a lancet archway to either side; north nave lancet with C12 splayed rear arch; C17 table with strapwork frieze and bulbous legs, table top extended; C17 rails with vase turned balusters, newels with large carved figures holding loaf, winecup, moneybag and cross. Tall tower arch with semi-circular jambs, polygonal capitals supporting multi-chamfered arch; C14 screen to tower with Decorated tracery to 4 panels, upper lights renewed; 4-centred doorway to tower stair with ledged and battened door. South aisle: cuspheaded piscina and C17 table. Plain octagonal tub font with moulded base added to octagonal stem with moulded head. Rear arch of south doorway moulded; alms box on trefoil headed C15 bench end with carving of St Paul. West nave with some C15 poppy head benchends; brick floor.

Listing NGR: TF6322115865

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