Record Details

NHER Number:4939
Type of record:Building
Name:St Nicholas' Church, Feltwell

Summary

The earliest parts of this church date to the Norman period. The ruined Norman round carrstone tower has a huge tower arch, and it originally had a later octagonal top that can be seen on some early illustrations. The chancel was demolished in 1862 and the tower fell in 1898. The south arcade was built in the 13th century whilst the north and south aisles and the north arcade are 15th century.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TL 7125 9088
Map Sheet:TL79SW
Parish:FELTWELL, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

St Nicholas's Church.
Round tower; Norman and 15th century church. Possible altar stone found 1981.
E. Rose (NAU), October 1990.

Listed Grade I.

1996. Photographic Survey.
See (S1) in file.

1997.
(S2) for churchyard wall repairs in file.

The church is in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust (2006).

Monument Types

  • CHURCH (Late Saxon to 19th Century - 851 AD to 1900 AD)
  • ALTAR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

  • GRAVESTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

  • Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---Aerial Photograph: TL7190C-D.
---Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 12; p 50.
---Serial: Blomefield, F.. 1805. An Essay Towards a Topographical History of the County of Norfolk.. Vol II.
---Publication: Cotton, S.. [unknown].
---Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TL 79 SW 9 [2].
---Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
---Monograph: Orange, A.J.. History of Feltwell.
---Serial: Orange, A.J.. Council for British Archaeology Group 7 Bulletin.. No 26, p 11.
---Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, W. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 335.
---Secondary File: Secondary File.
---Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S1>Photograph: Freeland Rees. 1996. Plates LX, LIX, XXVIII, XXXVI.
<S2>Illustration: Various. Various. Architectural plans.

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