Nominal: 792 Hz Weight: 1288 lbs Diameter: 40.62" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 4764 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Necton: All Saints
Overview
Grid reference: TF 878 97
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Stained Glass Angel Roof Bell Ringing
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 598 m²
Exterior Description
Fabric chiefly of 14th and 15th century with 19th century additions; west tower rebuilt 1864-5. Flint with limestone dressings; lead roofs, chancel pantiled. West tower, nave, chancel, north and south aisles, north vestry and south-west chapel. West tower with staged angle buttresses faced with ashlar. Base courses with chequer pattern of stone and flushwork panels. Single light belfry windows with cusped ogee traceried heads. Cill band decorated with quatrefoils below bell openings: 3-light openings with Perpendicular tracery. Pierced and embattled stone parapet, corner piers with crocketted pinnacles. 19th century octagonal tower lantern of timber with ogee dome and lead finial. Curved braces to corner posts. Iron traceried panels between posts. West doorway with frieze of three traceried panels with shields flanked by panels of ogee headed blind arcading. 3-light west window with Perpendicular tracery. Clock face in square panel with label mould above west window. 19th century south-west chapel with chequer work plinth as tower, castellated east and west parapets and gable parapet with cross finial. 3-light Perpendicular window in gable. South aisle has three 3-light Perpendicular windows, bays divided by staged flint and limestone buttresses. Roll-moulded parapet coping. 15th century clearstorey of 8 bays: closely-set 3-light windows with continous hood mould. Parapeted east gable to nave with remains of sanctus bell turret. East window of south aisle 3-light Decorated, partly blocked. Two 3-light Perpendicular windows in south wall of chancel divided by staged buttresses with knapped flint panels. Priests door to west of buttresses with plain chamfered jambs and hollow-rolled arched head with drip mould on head stops. Short diagonal buttresses to east wall; restored east window with roll-moulded head on attached shafts. Parapeted gable with cross finial. 14th century 3-light Decorated east window to north aisle. The two eastern bays of the north aisle wall (St. Catherine Chapel) rebuilt in early 19th century in brick and flint. North aisle proper of 4 bays with 3-light Perpendicular windows with brattished transoms. Bays divided by staged stone buttresses. 19th century north vestry with one-light Decorated windows. Short diagonal buttresses to gable. 2-light 14th century west windows to aisles.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
North and south aisles of 4 bays: quatrefoil piers and capitals, arches with two hollow chamfers. Two lower bays with similar detailing to northeast chapel. Very fine 15th century nave roof retaining much original colouring: alternate hammerbeam and arch-braced collar trusses. Hammerbeams in the form of angels. Principals carried on long canopied wall posts with figures of Christ, the Virgin Mary and the Apostles. Brattished rollmoulded purlins. Cornice carved with three tiers of brattishing and two tiers of angels with spread wings. Frieze below clearstorey cill with bosses and shields in foliage. Blocked window over chancel arch with central figure pedestal and canopied niches with two tiers of figures in jambs. Chancel ceiling plastered over with large coving. 19th century reredos with painting of the Raising of Lazarus. East window contains glass by de la Roche of Paris,1844. North-east chapel has incised consecration cross and piscina with petalled bowl, 14th century, in south-east corner. Fine octagonal pulpit with backboard and tester, dated 1636. Angel-piscina with petalled bowl in south- east corner of south aisle. Octagonal font with traceried panels with shields; wooden ogee cover with crocketted ribs and finial. Mason chapel contains two almost identical wall monuments, on the east wall to William Mason d.1865 and his three sons, that on the west wall to William Mason d.1835 and his wife Elizabeth d.1849. The design is attributed to A.W.N. Pugin. Nave and chancel contain notable memorial brasses, 14th, 15th and 16th century. Aisle roofs with roll-moulded principals with arch-braces to short wall posts. Wall plate above entrance to Mason Chapel carved with names of Parish Clerk and Church wardens.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1329.6 Hz Weight: 550 lbs Diameter: 27.75" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 32261 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1185.7 Hz Weight: 595 lbs Diameter: 29.75" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 32262 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1058.4 Hz Weight: 700 lbs Diameter: 31.53" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 32263 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 993.3 Hz Weight: 760 lbs Diameter: 32.91" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 32264 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Nominal: 887.4 Hz Weight: 970 lbs Diameter: 36.14" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by Thomas II Mears 1833
Dove Bell ID: 32265 Tower ID: 16863 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: turned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TF 878 97
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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| Name | Status | Number found in this site |
|---|---|---|
| Common sycamore | Notabletree | 1 |
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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