Blickling, Norfolk - St. Andrew
Situated next to the entrance to Blickling Hall, St. Andrew's was originally built in the 13th. century, then remodelled in the 15th. and again in the 19th. century, including the tower and porch by George E. Street in 1876, and the chancel, rebuilt by William Butterfield in the 1850's.
Constructed of flint with limestone dressings with lead roofs, the church consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, north aisle and north-east chapel.
Inside, there is a large memorial and effigy depicting two life-size angels dedicated to William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th. Marquis of Lothian, who died in 1870 is buried in Jedburgh Abbey in Scotland. The memorial is by the sculptor George Frederick Watts and was completed in 1878.
The church boasts a collection of brasses. One commemorates Sir Nicholas Dagworth (d. 1401), a soldier and a diplomat under both Edward III and Richard II and who built the first Blickling Hall. Beside him is the memorial to Anne Astley, she died giving birth to twins in 1512, and she holds her male and female swaddled babies. Another brass is to Roger and Cecily Felthorpe (1454) and shows them alongside their 16 children. Other brasses include those to members of the Boleyn family.
There are a number of other memorials in the church. One shows the now handless bust of Elizabeth Gurdon under a canopy in the chancel. She died of a cold in 1582 at the age of 17 while while visiting Sir Edward Clere at Blickling Hall. By the south doorway is a wall monument of 1901 by the sculptor Arthur G. Walker to Constance, wife of the 7th. Marquess of Lothian.
In the Lady Chapel is the chest tomb of Sir Edward Clere, 1st. Baronet Ormesby, who died in London on 3rd. June 1606, aged 69. The tomb is decorated with shields of the family line which can be traced back to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The church also contains a late medieval font, a pulpit from 1692, an organ by Snetzler of 1762 and an intricately carved First and Second World War wooden war memorial in the style of a pulpit. Either side of the inscription are figures of Saint George carved in relief.
The church received Grade: II* listed building status on 10th. May 1961. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 228672).
Blickling, Norfolk - St. Andrew
Situated next to the entrance to Blickling Hall, St. Andrew's was originally built in the 13th. century, then remodelled in the 15th. and again in the 19th. century, including the tower and porch by George E. Street in 1876, and the chancel, rebuilt by William Butterfield in the 1850's.
Constructed of flint with limestone dressings with lead roofs, the church consists of a west tower, nave, chancel, south aisle, south porch, north aisle and north-east chapel.
Inside, there is a large memorial and effigy depicting two life-size angels dedicated to William Schomberg Robert Kerr, 8th. Marquis of Lothian, who died in 1870 is buried in Jedburgh Abbey in Scotland. The memorial is by the sculptor George Frederick Watts and was completed in 1878.
The church boasts a collection of brasses. One commemorates Sir Nicholas Dagworth (d. 1401), a soldier and a diplomat under both Edward III and Richard II and who built the first Blickling Hall. Beside him is the memorial to Anne Astley, she died giving birth to twins in 1512, and she holds her male and female swaddled babies. Another brass is to Roger and Cecily Felthorpe (1454) and shows them alongside their 16 children. Other brasses include those to members of the Boleyn family.
There are a number of other memorials in the church. One shows the now handless bust of Elizabeth Gurdon under a canopy in the chancel. She died of a cold in 1582 at the age of 17 while while visiting Sir Edward Clere at Blickling Hall. By the south doorway is a wall monument of 1901 by the sculptor Arthur G. Walker to Constance, wife of the 7th. Marquess of Lothian.
In the Lady Chapel is the chest tomb of Sir Edward Clere, 1st. Baronet Ormesby, who died in London on 3rd. June 1606, aged 69. The tomb is decorated with shields of the family line which can be traced back to the Norman Conquest of 1066.
The church also contains a late medieval font, a pulpit from 1692, an organ by Snetzler of 1762 and an intricately carved First and Second World War wooden war memorial in the style of a pulpit. Either side of the inscription are figures of Saint George carved in relief.
The church received Grade: II* listed building status on 10th. May 1961. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 228672).