Parish Church Of All Saints

TG 11 NE HORSFORD CHURCH STREET (north side)

3/28 Parish Church of All 10.5.61. Saints.

G.V. II*

Parish Church, medieval and later. Flint, flint and brick render, with stone dressings. Roofs of pantiles and thatch. West tower, north aisle, south porch, nave and chancel. 3 stage tower of 1456 with diagonal buttresses and stair turret to north east. 2-light Perpendicular west window. Squared traceried sound holes with hood moulds. 2-light bell openings with Reticulated tracery. Battlemented flushwork parapet. North aisle, 1869, gabled to east and west. 3 bays. Rectangular headed windows of 2 and 3 lights with Reticulated style tracery. Parapet gables. C20 boiler house at its west end. C13 doorway to north at west end of nave. C19 south porch in Perpendicular style. 4 bay nave with 3-light Perpendicular windows with rectangular heads, and flowing tracery containing central quatrefoil. The outer windows appear heavily restored. One bay chancel, mostly rendered, but with the date 1705 in the flintwork of the gable. Double lancet to north, and 3-light stepped lancets to east. Central southern priest's door with small rectangular chamfered window to its west. Parapet gables. Interior mainly C19. The tower arch has 3 components, from probably at least 2 builds. C15 stair tower door with studded cover strips. Stoup to east of south door. C19, 3 bay north arcade. C19 scissor trussed roofs. C19 chancel arch. Tomb recess in north chancel wall. C13 piscina with cusped head. Stone battlemented candle holder on north wall. Heavily restored C15 screen. C20 altar rails using late C17 stair balusters. C12 font. Rectangular bowl of Purbeck Marble with blind arcade, on 5 columns on modern base. Medieval glass fragments in south nave window. South east nave window by Zettler of Munich c.1893. Wall monument to Jane Maria Day, died 1777 by J. Wilton. Urn on plinth with a wreath. Bequests of 1447, 1457, 1471 and 1473 for "Reparation of Church and Tower". Norfolk Archaeology. Vol. XXXVIII part III.

Listing NGR: TG1968415379