Church Of St Mary is a Grade I listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1960. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Mary
- WRENN ID
- lesser-basalt-torch
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1960
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
TF 80 NE 1907/5/40 23.06.60
NORTH PICKENHAM HOUGHTON-ON-THE-HILL Church of St Mary
I
Former parish church, now disused. Nave C11, west tower probably C14, chancel replaced with small altar chamber, post-medieval. Flint, partly rendered, with brick and limestone dressings. Pantiled nave roof; hipped slate roof over chancel. Square, unbuttressed west tower with restored west door in Perpendicular style with square head and spandrel panels. INTERIOR: includes wall paintings of c1090-C17 of exceptional interest. It also includes 2-light west window with cusped Y-tracery. North and south nave walls each contain small high level semicircular headed double splayed windows; north window has traces of painted decoration in reveal. North-east window with remains of tracery, probably C14. C14 tower arch with triple plain chamfer and polygonal piers. Blocked north and south doors. Angle piscina with petalled bowl at south-east corner of nave. Re-erected simple nave roof with 3 tie beams and 2 tiers of butt-purlins, post-medieval. Plain semicircular chancel arch flanked by irregular arched niches.
Listing NGR: TF8692005375
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