Record Details
| NHER Number: | 4833 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | St Michael's Church, Didlington |
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Summary
A medieval church with later alterations, heavily restored between 1855 and 1873 by the Amherst family of Didlington Hall (NHER 4821). Most of the building is originally 14th century; it consists of a west tower, aisled nave and chancel. The tower has bell holes and is topped by two gargoyles and crenellations. Interior features include a 14th century piscina, 19th century marble communion rails and a 14th century Purbeck marble font.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TL 7789 9694 |
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| Map Sheet: | TL79NE |
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| Parish: | DIDLINGTON, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
June 1960. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description:
Parish church. Medieval and later. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings.Felt and slate roofs. West tower, aisled nave and chancel. 14th century west tower with diagonal buttresses and a rectangular stair turret to the south east Two light west window with restored ogee tracery. Two rectangular loops to first floor, and four two light bell openings with ogee tracery. Crenellated parapet with two gargoyles. Nave and chancel with modern re facing. North aisle with three two light ogee traceried north windows, a modern plain chamfered doorway and 15th century panel traceried east and west windows with flat heads. South aisle with four heavily restored two light panel traceried windows with flat heads. Similar three light east window. 14th century wave moulded doorway. Six two light late medieval clerestory windows. Chancel with three restored hollow chamfered lancet windows to south; the westernmost retaining a square 'leper's window'. North wall with one hollow chamfered lancet and a two light window consisting of a pair of lancets and a traceried quatrefoil above. Modern three light east window with three quatrefoils. 14th century niche to north side of east wall with cusped ogee arch and fleuron to hood mould.
Interior. Four bay nave of octagonal piers supporting plain chamfered arches of two orders. The arcades differ: the southern having piers with alternating wide and narrow facets as opposed to the northern which has piers of regular section yet with filleted trilobe responds. Plain chamfered tower arch on polygonal responds. Plain chamfered chancel arch. Restored moulded late medieval roof of a shallow pitch created by cambered beams. Arch braces supported on carved corbels. Wall plates removed. Piscina in south aisle with cusped arch. Fine early 14th century piscina in chancel with three point traceried cusping on a pair of engaged colonnettes with bell capitals. Baroque ballustrade communion rails in marble. 14th century octagonal font with Purbeck marble bowl. Shallow arcading on bowl, stem with blind tracery. Group of seven 18th century Frost family carved limestone headstones immedeiately south of the church.
Information from (S1).
P. Aldridge (NLA) 20 October 2005.
'Stone cross' in churchyard; base only (S2).
E. Rose (NAU).
One bell to Whissonsett 1981, had rood screen in 1819.
E. Rose (NAU).
(S3) in file.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
- Listed Building
- Listed Building
- SHINE
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TL7796 A-H,R-T. |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Edwards, D.A. (NLA). 1996. TL 7796U - Z. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 79 NE 7 [4]. |
| --- | 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. pp 298-299. |
| --- | Leaflet: A guide to the churches and villages of the Hilborough group of parishes, Norfolk.. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1986. [Photographs of St Michael's Church, Didlington]. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of South Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XII. pp 77-84. |
| <S1> | Designation: English Heritage. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1305343. |
| <S2> | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. p 306. |
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