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All Saints

All Saints

Cockley Cley

Norfolk

Medieval and later.

Architectural Features

Tower probably Norman with a C14 bell stage.

West window C14 with cusped ogee arch and hood mould.

One Norman first floor loop with arched lintel.

South aisle with similar Victorian windows to south, one C13 lancet to west and a 3-light Y-traceried window to east.

Victorian porch in late- Medieval style.

Restored C14 doorway with wave mouldings, double hollow mouldings and carved head label stops.

C13 chancel with 5 lancet windows to north 5 to south and triple lancets to east beneath a continuous hood mould.

Early C14 3-bay south arcade of quatrefoil piers supporting 2 orders of hollow chamfered arches.

Chancel, south aisle and the round tower (it collapsed in 1991) of All Saints church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667227 date from around 1300 and the south aisle arcade is from this time.  The chancel north wall is also believed to be original but the north aisle is entirely Victorian, as are the baptismal font and the south porch.  The vestry at the end of the north aisle was made from woodwork belonging to an old chancel screen > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667294 originating from Sheffield.  The organ >  http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667266 came from Great Barton in Suffolk.  The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and houses a number of memorials to members of the  Roberts family > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667281 -  http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667285 who were  Master Cutlers of the city of Sheffield.  Two C17 brass inscriptions > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667270 were saved and placed on the south chancel wall.  All Saints church is open every day.

Victorian font in Transitional style.

Chancel, south aisle and the round tower (it collapsed in 1991) of All Saints church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667227 date from around 1300 and the south aisle arcade is from this time. The chancel north wall is also believed to be original but the north aisle is entirely Victorian, as are the baptismal font and the south porch. The vestry at the end of the north aisle was made from woodwork belonging to an old chancel screen > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667294 originating from Sheffield. The organ > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667266 came from Great Barton in Suffolk. The church was extensively restored in Victorian times and houses a number of memorials to members of the Roberts family > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667281 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667285 who were Master Cutlers of the city of Sheffield. Two C17 brass inscriptions > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1667270 were saved and placed on the south chancel wall. All Saints church is open every day.

© Evelyn Simak