St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish

St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish

A simple stone church seen from the southeast, showing the chancel and the nave with a bellcote at the far end

St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish, from the southeast
St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish
Location in Norfolk
Coordinates: 52°37′11″N 0°31′27″E / 52.6198°N 0.52423°E / 52.6198; 0.52423
OS grid reference TF 709 054
Location Barton Bendish, Norfolk
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status Redundant
Heritage designation Grade I
Designated 8 July 1959
Architectural type Church
Style Norman, Gothic
Groundbreaking 14th century
Specifications
Materials Brick and stone
Roofs thatched

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Barton Bendish, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was of the opinion that its west door is "one of the best Norman doorways in England".[2] The church stands in an isolated position to the west of the village.[3]

History

The church dates from the 14th century.[1] It formerly had a tower, but this fell in 1710.[2] The church was restored in 1788–89.[1] During this restoration a 12th-century doorway was moved into it from the nearby church of All Saints, which was being demolished.[2][4] There were further restorations in 1858 and 1871.[1]

Architecture

St Mary's is constructed in brick, rubble and carstone, parts of which have been rendered. The roofs are thatched. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave and a chancel with a north vestry, and a bellcote at the west end. The west doorway dates from the middle of the 12th century. Above it is a two-light window dating from 1858. On the west gable is a bellcote of 1871. In the south wall of the nave is a doorway with a plain arch, and to its east is a two-light early 14th-century window. The south wall of the chancel contains a two-light window, a priest's door over which is a finial, and a three-light 19th-century square-headed window. The east window has three lights. On the north side of the chancel is a two-light window, and there is another two-light window in the north wall of the nave.[1]

Inside the church are box pews dating from 1789; these were cut down in size in 1865. On the south wall of the nave are the remains of a wall painting depicting Saint Catherine with her wheel.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Historic England, "Church of St Mary, Barton Bendish (1077859)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 February 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish, Norfolk, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 25 March 2011
  3. ↑ Barton Bendish, Streetmap, retrieved 15 February 2011
  4. ↑ Barton Bendish, St Mary's church, Britain Express, retrieved 15 February 2011

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