St Mary

Flint with stone dressings, some conglomerate and Roman tiles as dressings in nave, traces of rendering.

Nave with pre 1100 beginnings, blocked early round-headed door with tiles used for quoins and arch and south-east nave corner quoins.

South doorway of c.1200, with pointed arch and order of colonnettes with shafts missing.

Nave north with blocked c.1200 door, one 2-light and one 3-light Perpendicular window, 4 buttresses, 3 rebuilt in brick.

Nave south transept Perpendicular with east and west 2-light and south 3-light Perpendicular windows Chancel of c.1200 with to south 2 paired lancets and priest's door, but Decorated-Perpendicular east window of 3 lights.

Interior: nave with 5 bay Perpendicular roof with arched braces, springing from carved capitals and angels, bosses at intersection of purlins and principals.

Perpendicular Font

St Mary's church has a late medieval tower > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/831125 and a Saxon doorway; the chancel dates from the late 13th century as is evidenced by the angle piscina > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/831132 which is still in place. The interior was, however, extensively restored in the 19th century; medieval survivals are the C15 font, carved with arms of the Valoines family (seen here) and the original roof > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/831127 - dating from the same time. The church is open every day. For more information see: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/barney/barney.htm

© Evelyn Simak

C17 panelled bench at rear of nave.

Jacobean pulpit, 6-sided with C15 brass memorial inscriptions attached by hinges.

Angle piscina of c.1200 and window-sill sedilia.

Single C15 Poppyhead bench.