Record Details
| NHER Number: | 10280 |
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| Type of record: | Building |
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| Name: | St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham |
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Summary
This church has Saxo-Norman origins and was clearly extended west to meet the Norman round tower. The north door is a 13th century addition and the chancel is of 14th and 15th century date. The interior is very fine and has a quite rare Gothick assemblage of the 1820-1840s. The graveyard also has several monuments of interest. Finds from the church and its grounds include alabaster fragments, a lava millstone and sherds of medieval, Late Saxon and Roman pottery.
Images - none
Location
| Grid Reference: | TG 3556 0587 |
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| Map Sheet: | TG30NE |
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| Parish: | BUCKENHAM, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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| STRUMPSHAW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK |
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Full description
Saxo-Norman church extended west to meet Norman round tower; Norman doors. Tower recased as polygonal, new north door 13th century. Chancel 14th century. 15th century alterations. Interior is very fine and quite rare Gothick assemblage of 1820-1840s. Graveyard has monuments of interest.
1840. Alabaster and cross found beneath floor.
September 1962. Listed, Grade I.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Former parish church, now in the care of the Redundant Churches Fund. C13 and later with C19 restoration. Flint with some conglomerate and brick; limestone dressings. Continuous pantiled roof over nave and chancel. West tower, nave, chancel and north vestry (formerly a porch)."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 August 2023.
1981. Lava millstone found.
1986, 1999. Finds of medieval, Late Saxon and Roman pottery.
See (S9).
E. Rose (NLA).
Appropriate section from (S7) in file.
January 2002. Field Observation.
Ground below pews on south side of nave excavated to 220mm depth.
Below floor tiles loose mortar above soil (redeposited silty sandy clay). At base of excavation the same material. This is all 19th-century levelling, as indicated by brick and tile fragments.
A. Rogerson (NLA) 11 January 2002.
October 2002. Field Observation.
Observations on the opposite side of the nave produced similar findings.
For further details on both of these observations see (S9).
E. Rose (NLA) 6 December 2004.
2004. Field Observation.
Examination of the nave during repairs, with reference to a print of 1819, showed that the S wall dates to c. 1700 rather than the C19 as previously published. It is thus unlikely that the Norman door in the tower was moved from this position, as has been suggested.
These observations are noted in (S10).
D. Holburn (HES), 28 September 2011.
Monument Types
- FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- ROUND TOWERED CHURCH (Late Saxon to Medieval - 851 AD to 1499 AD)
- FINDSPOT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- POT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- POT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Late Saxon - 851 AD to 1065 AD)
- CARVING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CEREMONIAL OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- COFFIN (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- CRUCIFIX (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- DOOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MILLSTONE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROOF TILE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- POT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- WINDOW (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status
Sources and further reading
| --- | Secondary File: Secondary File. |
| --- | Slide: Various. Slide. |
| <S1> | Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1304389. |
| <S2> | Record Card: Clarke, R. R. and NCM Staff. 1933-1973. Norwich Castle Museum Record Card - Miscellaneous. Strumpshaw (Buckenham). |
| <S3> | Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 30 NE 1. |
| <S4> | Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card. |
| <S5> | Article in Serial: Turner, D. 1847. Second Letter from Dawson Turner Esq. upon the subject of the Crucifix and the Tablet found at Buckenham, with a Print of the former. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol I pp 300-304. |
| <S6> | Photograph: Rose, E. 1981. Historic Environment Service Photography: Film BVS/7. Site visit to St Nicholas' Church, Buckenham. Historic Environment Service Film Collection. BVS/7. |
| <S7> | Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 6; p 50. |
| <S8> | Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. pp 416-417. |
| <S9> | Unpublished Document: Rose, E.. 2004. Building Report.. Building Report. |
| <S10> | Article in Serial: Gurney, D. and Penn, K. 2005. Excavations and Surveys in Norfolk in 2004. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XLIV Pt IV pp 751-763. p 760. |
| <S11> | Article in Serial: Ashley, S., Penn, K. & Rogerson, A.. 2011. Rhineland Lava in Norfolk Churches. Church Archaeology. vol 13, pp 27-33. p 31. |
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