Architectural Features
Chancel of c,1200 with two easternmost bays and east wall rebuilt in 1876-8 by R. M. Phipson : south wall with eight lancets in bays of 3-3-2.
Interior: important work of c.1200 in chancel : two tiers of blank Early English arcading.
Chancel arch re- worked in C19 with curiously-carved responds and attached shafts.
Good octagonal seven- sacrament font on stepped base
St Mary's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863771 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863783 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863801 is situated just north of the River Bure and has - according to Pevsner's "The Buildings of England, Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East" - one of the most ambitious Early English chancels > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863790 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863795 of any Norfolk parish church; the chancel, with its lancet windows and matching arcading below, is set lower than the nave and dates from c. 1220-30. The church was restored in the late 1800s by Diocesan architect Richard Phipson, who is also responsible for adding the north chapel > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863803. The most notable survival from earlier times is the C15 seven sacrament font (seen here); see > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/863808 for detail. The church is open every day. For more information see: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/burghnextaylsham/burghnextaylsham.htm
the stem has four shields and four figures, the underside of the bowl carved with angels holding sacramental emblems.
Good monument on north wall to Edmund Burr and his wife