Boundary Wall, St Martin's Churchyard
BOUNDARY WALL, ST MARTIN'S CHURCHYARD, CHURCH STREET
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393542
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall, St Martin's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- BOUNDARY WALL, ST MARTIN'S CHURCHYARD, CHURCH STREET
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
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 |
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:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1393542
- Date first listed:
- 01-Dec-2009
- List Entry Name:
- Boundary Wall, St Martin's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- BOUNDARY WALL, ST MARTIN'S CHURCHYARD, CHURCH 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:
- BOUNDARY WALL, ST MARTIN'S CHURCHYARD, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Breckland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- New Buckenham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM0884190571
Reasons for Designation
The boundary wall to St Martin's churchyard is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It has strong group value with the Grade I listed church, with which it forms a complete ensemble.
Details
NEW BUCKENHAM
84/0/10023 CHURCH STREET 01-DEC-09 BOUNDARY WALL, ST MARTIN'S CHURCHYARD
GV II Churchyard boundary wall; mid-late C19; built of brick and flint.
DESCRIPTION: The wall encloses the churchyard on four sides with the exception of the west end of the south wall, where the gable end and outshut of the neighbouring house form the boundary with the churchyard; this is not included in the listing. The remainder of the south wall forms the boundary shared with the neighbouring houses and stands over 2m high for much of its length, while the other three sides stand about 1m high. There are cast iron gates in the west and east sides, with the main entrance to the west. The west wall is constructed mainly of flint, with brick at south and north ends and to either side of the entrance. The gates are hung on concrete piers. To the north of the entrance the wall has brick gabled coping, while the length to the south is capped with concrete. The north wall is of brick with flint panels between brick buttresses; the coping is of angled bricks. This coping extends over the east wall, which is constructed mainly of bricks, with some sections containing bricks laid at an angle, roughly coursed, mixed with some flint. The lower half of the south wall is flint between brick piers, the upper half mainly brick with brick coping.
HISTORY: St Martin's Church dates largely to the C15, although some C13 fabric survives. It was restored in 1870 to the designs of W M Fawcett of Cambridge, and it seems reasonable to assume that the boundary wall was either constructed or largely rebuilt at that time, although it appears to represent several different phases of construction or repair. W M Fawcett worked on the restoration or rebuilding of six listed churches in Cambridgeshire and one in West Yorkshire.
REASON FOR DESIGNATION DECISION: The boundary wall to St Martin's churchyard is designated at Grade II for the following principal reasons: * It has strong group value with the Grade I listed church, with which it forms a complete ensemble.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 506156
- 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 10-Jun-2026 at 18:26:47.
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.