Nominal: 652.5 Hz Weight: 2035 lbs Diameter: 48.75" Bell 1 of 5
Founded by John II Brend 1637
Dove Bell ID: 4297 Tower ID: 15469 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Ludham: St Catherine
Overview
Grid reference: TG 388 182
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Toilets nearby or inside the church On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Rood Screen Staithe nearby Concerts/Live Music Bell Ringing
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 608 m²
Exterior Description
C14 west tower and chancel. Nave and aisles C15, bequests to new work date from 1466 when tower also altered. Restored 1861 and 1891. Flint with ashlar dressings and some brickwork. Chancel roof of slate, remainder of lead. 3 stage tower with diagonal west buttresses and side east buttresses. Restored 2-light mouchette west window. Lancets to ringing chamber and a pedimented clock face to north dated 1762. 2-light Y tracery belfry windows, the tracery replaced with timber and louvred. Crenellated parapet. North aisle west window of 3 cusped lancets. Aisle windows of 3 lights and Perpendicular, except that east of south porch which is of 4 lights and transomed. Stepped side buttresses, diagonal at corners. 3 light Perpendicular clerestory windows under 4-centred arches. 2 storey south porch with diagonal buttresses. Arched doorway in square surround, the spandrels carved. Buttresses rise to polygonal turrets. Gabled roof and plain parapet. Over door are 2 cusped statuary niches with nodding ogees flanking central 2-light parvis window. Cinquefoiled side windows to parvis. Polygonal stair turret to north-west with flushwork. Gabled north porch of coursed knapped flint. Diagonal buttresses and 2-light depressed Perpendicular side lights. Multiply wave moulded 4-centred entrance arch below ogeed statuary niche with finial. Facade decorated with 2 tiers flushwork cinquefoil arcading. Chancel supported by stepped side buttresses, diagonal to east. One C19 3-light Perpendicular south window and a 2-light C14 window with tracery head consisting of a single encircled quatrefoil. Arched Priest's door. 5-light reticulated east window. 2 2-light C14 divergent mouchette north windows. Chancel of knapped and coursed flint.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
5 bay octagonal arcade on high bases. Polygonal capitals below double hollow chamfered arches. Clerestory windows over apexes of arches. Double hollow chamfered tower arch on semi-circular responds with circular capitals. Polygonal chancel arch responds with capitals carved with grotesques (north) and seaweed foliage (south). Double chamfered arch. Hammerbeam nave roof probably of 1466, the hammerbeams alternately on wall posts and all on arched braces. Polygonal wall posts drop to corbels carved with angels bearing shields. Wall arches to ashlaring. Spandrels of hammerbeams pierced above and below. Arched braces to-ridge piece. One tier butt purlins. All timbers. moulded. Aisle roofs have arched braces to central purlin, the outer wall posts on head corbels. Chancel screen of 3 bays right and left of arched opening. Middle rail inscribed : Pray for the soule of John (Salmon) and Cycyly his wyf that gave forten pounde and for alle other benefactors made in the year of ower Lord God MCCCCLXXXXIII (1493). Tracery head in form of crocketed ogees within cusped arches. Dado has 2 painted panels each bay depicting from left to right, Mary Magdalen, St. Stephen, St. Edmund (King of East Anglia), Henry VI, St. Augustine, St. Ambrose, St. Gregory, St. Jerome, Edward the Confessor, St. Walstan, St. Lawrence, St. Appolonia. The first four panels on the south side by a different hand. Painting of such quality that these panels represent an important example of C15 English art. Remainder of dado traceried and gilded. On west side are free standing annulated buttresses. Painted tympanum in chancel arch showing Crucifixion on west side, arms of Elizabeth I on east. Octagonal C15 font. Against the stem Wild Men. Angels and seaweed foliage under bowl. Bowl with panels carved with symbols of 4 Evangelists. Numerous C15 poppyhead bench ends. Rustic stalls in chancel. C19 chancel roof : an undisciplined though not complex composition of arched braces. Ogeed sedilia and piscina with crockets and finials. 8 brasses in nave the best of which are : 1650 to R. Barker, 1633 heart brass to-Grace Whitey and 1659 to Christopher White. All inscription brasses.
As listed on Historic England website
Fixtures and fittings
Clock
18th Century Clock with wrought iron side by side birdcage frame located in Tower
Historical Notes
1762 - 1762
Period Qualifier: 2
Bells
Nominal: 962.5 Hz Weight: 840 lbs Diameter: 34.5" Bell 2 of 5
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1825
Dove Bell ID: 29849 Tower ID: 15469 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 848.5 Hz Weight: 952 lbs Diameter: 36.5" Bell 3 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1619
Dove Bell ID: 29850 Tower ID: 15469 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 800.5 Hz Weight: 1232 lbs Diameter: 39.75" Bell 4 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1619
Dove Bell ID: 29851 Tower ID: 15469 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 732 Hz Weight: 1568 lbs Diameter: 43.25" Bell 5 of 5
Founded by William & Alice Brend 1619
Dove Bell ID: 29852 Tower ID: 15469 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 388 182
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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