Record Details
| NHER Number: | 8501 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | All Saints' Church, Panxworth |
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Summary
The former church here had a Decorated west tower with flushwork battlements. The nave and chancel were box-like and designed by J. Watson in 1847. The church was derelict by 1969 and was mostly demolished in 1981, with only the tower left standing to mark the site.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3474 1356 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG31SW |
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| Parish: | WOODBASTWICK, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Decorated west tower with flushwork battlements and mark of old nave roof. Nave and chancel box-like by J. Watson 1847. Badly cracked, derelict since 1969 at least. Print of tower 1822 in NCM Bolingbroke Collection.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU) 23 February 1978.
Nave and chancel demolished April 1981.
E. Rose (NAU).
Despite plans originally to use site as burial ground, site of church and yard now totally overgrown except for thrSee old graves by road. Tower bound round with steel hawsers supported on boards; west window boarded up but not tower arch!
E. Rose (NAU) 18 October 1982.
See (S2-S4) in file.
2012
At some stage the tower was struck by lightning, fairly recently (S5).
D. Gurney (HES), 27 February 2012.
(S6) Outlines plans to save church tower.
M. Langham-Lopez (HES), 13 September 2012.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1066 AD to 1981 AD)
Associated Finds - none
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: TG3413A-E. |
| --- | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| --- | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 636. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Photograph: BBL 1-8. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. [Photographs of All Saints' Church prior to demolition]. |
| <S2> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Church is to lose its body. 2 April. |
| <S3> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 100; pp 52, 140-142. |
| <S4> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2007. Peaceful Sixties scene at now-ruined church. 17 November. |
| <S5> | *Verbal Communication: Charles Cator. 2012. [unknown]. |
| <S6> | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 2012. Villagers unveil plans to save historic church tower. 24 August. |
Related records
| MNO3808 | Related to: Ruined Church of All Saints Church Road Panxworth WOODBASTWICK (Revoked) |
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