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Record Details

NHER Number:	4653
Type of record:	Structure
Name:	Ruin of Church of St Andrew, Yarmouth Road, Thorpe St Andrew

Summary

The ruins of the original church of St Andrew stand in the grounds of the new church, which was designed by Thomas Jekyll in 1866 (NHER 65664). The surviving elements date to the 15th century and include the tower and parts of the nave. The 14th- or 15th-century font is within the new church.

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Location

Grid Reference:	TG 2606 0841
Map Sheet:	TG20NE
Parish:	THORPE ST ANDREW, BROADLAND, NORFOLK

Full description

September 1962. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Ruin, formerly parish church. 15th century. Flint with ashlar and brick dressings. Tower and fragments of nave wall survive. South-west porch tower of three unbuttressed stages. Arched entrance south and north, with two-light ringing chamber and belfry stage windows under super arches. Fleuron studded string course below embattled knapped flint parapet decorated with cusped arcading. South-east nave window of two ogee lights supporting vesica."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

August 1987. Building Survey.
Ruins of old church - nave, chancel and porch-tower; all of late 15th/16th century date. 14th-15th century font, hatchment in new church.
See file notes (S2) for full report. See also local press article (S3).
Compiled by E. Rose (NAU), 28 August 1987. Information from record card (S4).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

Old photograph republished in EDP (S5) shows old church boarded up just before demolition, with new church completed in the background but without its tower, so photo is post 1866 and pre 1881. This photo confirms that the old church did not have central gargoyles to its battlements - these must have been reset there after dilapidation. The stair turret to the tower had a sort of Gothic Diocletian window at the top; otherwise there is nothing to add to what Ladbrooke shows. The patch of brick mentioned above by one south nave window may have been connected with an external monument.
Compiled by E. Rose (NLA), 19 February 1993. Information from file notes (S2).
P. Watkins (HES), 23 May 2022.

Appropriate section from reference (S6) in file.

Date 1624 on sundial.

Monument Types

CHURCH (Medieval to 19th Century - 1066 AD? to 1866 AD?)

Associated Finds

WINDOW (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status

Listed Building

Sources and further reading

---	Publication: Nuthall, T. 2002. Thorpe St Andrew. A History.
---	Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 20 NE 6 [2].
---	Monograph: Pevsner, N. and Wilson, B. 1997. Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 691.
---	Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1989. [Photograph of St Andrew's Church before the demolition of spire in World War Two]. 15 August.
---	Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1997. 'Richmond of Norfolk' looking like a model village. 6 August.
---	Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1998. [Photographs of St Andrew's Church before and after the rebuild in mid-19th century]. 9 January.
---	Secondary File: Secondary File.
<S1>	Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1051503.
<S2>	Collection: Norfolk Historic Environment Record Staff. 1975-[2000]. HER Record Notes. Norfolk Historic Environment Service.
<S3>	Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1982. Danger forces closure of Thorpe ruins. 21 October.
<S4>	Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S5>	Newspaper Article: Eastern Daily Press. 1993. [Photograph of St Andrew's Church, before demolition]. 19 February.
<S6>	Monograph: Batcock, N. 1991. The Ruined and Disused Churches of Norfolk. East Anglian Archaeology. No 51. Microfiche 5:G12. No 59; p 51.