Record Details
| NHER Number: | 2776 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | St Andrew's Church, Westfield |
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Summary
St Andrew's Church has an early 14th century unbutressed west tower with cusped Y-tracery in the bell-openings. There is also a 15th century porch with some flushwork, and the nave retains the tracery window which would have originally been part of the chancel, which was demolished around 1700. Inside there is an octagonal 14th century font and a simple Jacobean pulpit.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9929 0992 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF90NE |
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| Parish: | WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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| WHINBURGH AND WESTFIELD, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Not yet visited. Tom Martin in 1766 recorded; square tower with battlements removed; ruined chancel with arch walled up; south porch with chequerwork hourglass stand; south porch; pulpit in northeast corner with three box pews along north wall;'chief pew' in southeast corner with three pews along south wall, no other pews!
E. Rose (NAU).
1970s or 80s. Alan Carter Norwich Survey.
See (S1), which includes (S2).
T. E. Miller (NLA), 19 April 2006.
Listed Grade II*.
E. Rose (NAU).
Rare scissor-truss bell frame noted in 1989.
E. Rose (NAU), 14 August 1989.
Press cuttings in file.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval to 21st Century - 1066 AD? to 2100 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. Grants for historic churches. 19 September. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 764. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Carter, A.. Building Survey. |
| <S2> | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
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