Vestry Chimney - St Mary's Church, Church Road, North Creake, Norfolk, NR21 9JJ - Unique Chimneys and Chimney Pots on Waymarking.com

This large parish church is Grade I listed and in size more akin to inner city churches. It consists of a chancel, a south porch and south door, c.1300, and a nave, north aisle, and west tower, C15th, and is built of knapped and rubble flint with stone dressings and has lead roofs. There is a Brass in the church of a civilian holding a church as its donor. This is possibly Sir William Calthorpe who claimed in his will (1495) to have rebuilt the church, giving a possible date for the clerestorey and roofs. The church was restored in 1897 by Frederick Preedy, architect, at the bequest of Bishop Lloyd, Rector 1894-1903. Hicks and Charlewood of Newcastle on Tyne made the elaborate carved and painted altar and reredos, and the Decorated style oak carved rood screen.

A C19th north vestry addition has a reused C14th west window. At the same time the priest benefited from the addition of a small fireplace at the north-west corner, this came with a stack protruding above the parapet. It is octagonal, in total about 1.3m tall with four vertical slots for the smoke about 0.6m up. There isn't an opening at the top, it is capped with an octagonal cone-shaped stone with a circle of foliage at its base. The design will certainly stop the ingress of birds and rain whilst allowing smoke to issue forth no matter the wind direction, a crude but effective cowl.

Private or Public Property?: Private What material is it made from?: Stone When was it made?: 01/01/1897 Estimated Height of chimney (please include whether metres or feet): 1.3m Type of building e.g. house, hotel etc: Church How do you rate it?: Website with further information: Not listed

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