Church of St. Mary is a Grade II* listed building in the Great Yarmouth local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church of St. Mary
- WRENN ID
- swift-gargoyle-solstice
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Great Yarmouth
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St. Mary is a parish church largely dating to the 13th century, with a west tower from around 1200, a 14th-century belfry stage added to the tower, a nave remodelled in the early 14th century, and a chancel from the 15th century. The church was restored in 1867. It is constructed of flint and chert with limestone ashlar dressings, and incorporates some brick repairs. The nave has a thatched roof, while the chancel has a slated roof.
The west tower is three-stage, with the lower two stages circular. It features a restored two-light 14th-century window with trefoil-headed lights and quatrefoil detail. A brick lancet window with a pointed head and relieving arch is present in the ringing chamber. An octagonal belfry stage has single lancet windows to each facet, alternating with areas blocked with knapped flint. The nave has diagonal buttresses on the west side, and kneelers with carved rosettes and heads at the west gable. A blocked arched south door is also present. The south nave has three late 13th-century windows with Y tracery, with one 18th-century sloping brick buttress and slated finish. A deep pantiled string course runs above the windows. The north side mirrors this pattern, but includes two windows: one with two lights and Y tracery, and the other with two lights and cusped under a square head. A gabled north porch has a wave moulded entrance arch with engaged columns.
Inside, a 14th-century chamfered and hollow-chamfered tower arch sits on polygonal responds with capitals. Arched rere arches are visible to the north and south nave doorways. The mid-14th-century chancel arch features concave fluting to engaged columns, high polygonal bases, and star capitals, attributable to a mason who worked in the choir at Ely around 1328-35. The jambs are wave moulded and have been restored. A plain 14th-century octagonal font and late 14th-century wall paintings are also present; the north wall depicts Entry into Jerusalem, Flagellation, and Resurrection, now badly worn, while the south wall shows St. Christopher and a large scene of the Day of Judgement. The nave and chancel have 19th-century boarded scissor braced roofs. A 15th-century hexagonal pulpit with concave sides, ogee tracery, and a moulded top rail is a notable feature, with one facet providing access via 19th-century stairs and another being blank. A reduced 15th-century chancel screen has cusped ogee tracery and lozenge-shaped panels.
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