Cut Bench-Mark - Church of St Mary, Raynham Park, East Raynham, Norfolk. NR21 7ER - U.K. and Ireland Trigpoints on Waymarking.com

This Estate Church in Raynham Park was rebuilt by the 5th Marquis of Townshend 'At His Sole Cost' between 1866 and 1868 by Clark and Holland of Newmarket, Architects, at a total cost of £7,000 and the dedication was on April 17th 1868, the Friday of Easter Week. Now listed Grade II* it is built of flint with stone dressings and slated roofs, except for a leaded chancel. Despite the building dates this is not High Victorian in style but still "archaeological" Decorated / Perpendicular in detail and form following in plan the church it replaced. Consisting of a west tower, clerestoried nave, north and south aisles, north and south porches, chancel and a south transept. The tower is square buttressed and battlemented with pinnacles with a south stairs turret with lancets, also battlemented . The west three-light window is Perpendicular, and the two-light belfry windows are Decorated, there is also a quatrefoil window to the clock room.

This cut bench-mark is on the north-west buttress of the church tower at 0.50m above ground level. Last verified in 1966 it was then 48.677m above the Newlyn datum. It is quite clean but has some lichen growing in the cuts.

Words from British Listed Buildings, Simon Knott's Norfolk Churches, and Pevsner's Norfolk 2 Buildings, Norwich Diocesan Association of Ringers bell pages with amendments from own on site observations.

Coordinates are for the tower.

Type of Trigpoint: Cut Bench Mark Condition: Slightly Damaged Number on Flush Bracket: none

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