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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall

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dated 1742. On both sides of the porch are two-light Perpendicular windows. The south door dates from the 13th century, and has two orders of columns. The clerestory has five windows on each side. On the north side is another 13th-century door with two orders of columns. The chancel contains two
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in the floor of the south aisle is to the memory of Sir Robert Kervile, and is in the shape of a heart. Sir Robert died abroad, his wife retrieved his heart and buried it in the church. The two-
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of the chancel screen, which dates from a period between about 1500 and 1525, is in two bays on each side. Each side is divided into two panels, all of which contain paintings of saints. The
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of six bells. The oldest two of these were cast in 1638 by John Draper, one bell was cast in 1765 by Joseph Eayre, and the remaining three are dated 1873, cast by John Warner and Sons.
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two-light windows on the south side, and one similar window and a priest's door on the north side. The Perpendicular east window has four lights.
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is dated 1518. The benches date from about 1500, or earlier, and are carved with pierced patterns, tracery, figures of saints in
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The north and south doorways date from the 13th century, and the rest of the church from about 1400. It was
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Photographs of the exterior and the interior, including the carvings and the paintings on the chancel screen
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and North and south aisles, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. Its architectural style is
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In the north aisle is a monument to Sir Henry Kervil who died in 1624. It consists of an
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of Sir Henry and his wife. On the wall above this is a blank tablet surrounded by
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cover dated 1625 is elaborate. It consists of four columns supporting an arcade with
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List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in the East of England
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dates from the early 17th century and has an associated reading desk and
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St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall, from the southeast
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between the nave and the aisles. The chancel contains a
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Churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust
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A stone church with red tiled roofs seen from the southeast, showing a battlemented tower, a nave with a clerestory, a south porch and a chancel
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall is located in Norfolk
52°42′15″N 0°20′27″E / 52.7042°N 0.3409°E / 52.7042; 0.3409
OS grid reference
TF582144
Norfolk
Denomination
Anglican
Churches Conservation Trust
Dedication
St Mary the Virgin
Redundant
Architect(s)
G. E. Street
Style
Perpendicular
Groundbreaking
Materials
Slate
redundant
Anglican
civil parish
Wiggenhall St Germans
National Heritage List for England
listed building
Churches Conservation Trust
King's Lynn
restored
G. E. Street
carrstone

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