Record Details
| NHER Number: | 13192 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | St Mary's Church, Great Snoring |
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Summary
This church dates to the 13th to 15th century. The western tower has a very tall arch and may have had a spire until 1800 and has a fireplace and a garderobe on the first floor. The decorated screen has been restored with the original, now defaced, paintings made in the second half of the 15th century. In the west of the churchyard is the base of a medieval stone cross.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TF 9463 3452 |
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| Map Sheet: | TF93SW |
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| Parish: | GREAT SNORING, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
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Full description
15 November 1979. Visit.
13th to 15th century. West tower, tall arch and spire until 1800. Has fireplace and garderobe on first floor. Decorated screen has been restored with the original, now defaced, paintings made in the second half of the 15th century. In the churchyard is the base of a medieval stone cross.
See (S1).
E. Rose (NAU), 1979.
16 December 1998. Observation of drainage trench on north side of church.
Base of rood stair turret and base of north wall of ?vestry on north side of chancel observed.
See (S2).
A. Rogerson (NLA), 16 December 1998.
Monument Types
- CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CROSS (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CHURCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Associated Finds
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- FONT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOD SCREEN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy B. 1934. Norfolk Crosses. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXV Pt II pp 297-336. p 325. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1981. Grant for work on church panel. 24 February. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1976. 15th century glass used. 29 September. |
| --- | Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans. |
| --- | Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1898. Hundred of North Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol II. pp 13-18. |
| --- | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 93 SW 15. |
| --- | 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. pp 483-484. |
| --- | Illustration: Cotman, J.S.. 1815. Great Snoring Church, Norfolk sketched 1815. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Rogerson, A.. 1998. St Mary's Church, Great Snoring. Observation of drainage trenches.. 16 December. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Birdsall, N. H.. 1998. Letter. Great Snoring Parish Church.. 29 December. |
| --- | Unpublished Document: Robins, P. K.. 1997. Churchyard Memorial Inscriptions for St Mary's, Great Snoring. |
| --- | Illustration: Infra red mosaic of Snoring Church showing positions of buried tombstones. |
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1996. Praying for cash help. 30 August. |
| --- | Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service. |
| <S1> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E. (NAU). 1979. Building Report. Building Report. |
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