Church of St Mary
CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1372682
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, THE STREET
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-09-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/01066/19
- Rights:
- © Mr W.E. Butland. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1372682
- Date first listed:
- 25-Sept-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST MARY, 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 ST MARY, THE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Broadland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- South Walsham
- National Grid Reference:
- TG 36534 13253
Details
TG 31 SE SOUTH WALSHAM THE STREET (north side)
5/58 Church of St. Mary. 25.9.62.
G.V. I
Parish church. C14 and C15 with some C19 restoration. Flint with limestone dressings. Slate roofs over nave and chancel, lead roofs over aisles and porch. Crested ridge tiles over nave. West tower, nave, chancel, north aisle, south aisle, south porch.C15 knapped flint west tower with diagonal buttresses to west. Stone-faced plinth. Square traceried sound holes with label moulds. 2-light Decorated bell openings - tracery missing on west and south sides. Three-light Perpendicular west window, much renewed, above west doorway. Polygonal stair turret at north-east corner, with pierced stone vents. Good C15 south porch with parvis over : flushwork panels and diagonal buttresses to south gable. Entrance arch has finely carved spandrels depicting the Annunciation. Small niche above with figure group, flanked by two windows, all under square label moulds. South aisle has two 2-light Decorated and two 3-light Perpendicular windows; central staged buttress of brick and stone. Five widely-spaced 2-light clerestorey windows. South side of chancel has low side window with cusped arch under a square label; two 2-light Decorated windows with staged buttress between. Priest's door to east side of buttress. 3-light reticulated east window, much restored. Slate memorial tablet to John Mitchells (+1776) and wife (+1778). 2-light 'Y'-traceried windows in North wall of chancel. North clerestorey to nave with details as south side. North doorway with continuous double chamfered arch. Two early stone coffin lids form steps down into nave from south porch. Roofs all renewed in C19. 5 bay north and south arcades : double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Chancel arch of similar date. Rood stair on north side of chancel arch. Double aumbry at north-east corner of north aisle, C15. Square headed screen, with painted panels and inscription commemorating manumission of donor, John Galt, in 1437. Screen retains its original doors, to sanctuary. Traces of wall painting continuing screen design to south. Stone coffin lid with cross set in floor to west of screen. Stone slab set in south east corner of chancel said to originate from the altar tomb of Richard de S. Walsham, Abbott of St. Benets (+1439). Dropped-cill sedilia on south side of chancel. Tall niche in north east corner of chancel, probably a banner staff locker. Monument to Rev. William Beevor (+1718) removed from church of St. Lawrence 1960. Font late C14 octagonal with traceried bowl and massive stem with four shafts. Podium contains medieval tiles. Good set of nave benches with poppyheads and carved borders.
Listing NGR: TG3653413253
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 228506
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 12:26:34.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.