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St Mary

St Mary

Great Bircham

Norfolk

C12 tower door, C13 north door, early C14 chancel, mid C14 nave and aisles.

Architectural Features

Nave west gable has fine 5-light Perpendicular tracery window with lower battlemented transoms and rich upper lights with transoms, cusping and sub-cusping, label moulding with carved head end stops.

Chancel has one south and 2 north c.1300 'Y' tracery 2 light windows, one south Perpendicular 3-light window.

Interior: North porch north door C13 has paired columns with bases and capitals, richly moulded pointed arch.

Fine late Norman c.1200 tower east door into south aisle has single colonnettes with capitals and zig zag moulded arch refashioned presumably later as pointed arch.

Octagonal C13 Purbeck marble font set on C15 Perpendicular shaft with moulded pedestal and capital, octagonal plinth.

Hexagonal C17 pulpit with arched carved panels and cherub heads in spandrels, C18 wooden stairs with carved string and Gothick arched head tracery between balusters.

C.1850 west window stained glass with texts.

C15 rood screen, 7 lights.

Blocked C15 north door and blocked north-east window.

North and south 'Y' tracery windows have internal hood moulds, on south with stained glass arms of Clare family, C14 patrons.

C15 sedilia, 3 seats with carved spandrel and cinquefoil heads.

C17 Holy Table with "Donum GY 1640".

C.1850 4 bay roof with carved wooden corbel heads to wall posts.