Record Details

NHER Number:4722
Type of record:Building
Name:St Andrew's Church, Little Cressingham

Summary

This church is partly ruined. The structure incorporates reused Norman fragments but is basically built in Decorated style. It was remodelled in two phases in Perpendicular style but seems to have collapsed perhaps soon afterwards. It was repaired in the 18th century and part of it was restored in the 19th century.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TF 8719 0003
Map Sheet:TF80SE
Parish:LITTLE CRESSINGHAM, BRECKLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

Part ruined. Reused Norman fragments. Basically Decorated, largely remodelled in two phases in Perpendicular style but seems to have collapsed perhaps soon afterwards. Repaired in 18th century; part restored 19th century.
See (S1) in file.
E. Rose (NAU), 29 October 1990.

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHURCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • CHURCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds

  • DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • PISCINA (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • FONT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TF8700 C-D.
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TF 80 SE 1.
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Unpublished Document: NHB:PW. 1990. The Parish Church of St Andrew at Little Cressingham. A Specification.. March.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 519.
---Leaflet: A guide to the churches and villages of the Hilborough group of parishes, Norfolk..
---Newspaper Article: [Photograph of St Andrew's Church, Little Cressingham].
---Monograph: Bryant, T. H. 1903. Hundred of South Greenhoe. The Churches of Norfolk. Vol XII. pp 70-76.
<S1>Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 1990. Building Report. Building Report.

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