South Doorway - St.Mary the Virgin, High Street, Whissonsett, Dereham, Norfolk. NR20 5AP
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greysman
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The church door is timber with medieval iron-work.
Waymark Code: WMVYAE
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/10/2017
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Witcingkeseta as it was known in the Domesday Book means either the settlement of the Witcing tribe or a place of watery meadows.
The Parish Church, dedicated to St.Mary the Virgin, is Grade II* listed. It is of C14th Medieval date with later additions and heavily restored and repaired in 1873. Built of flint with ashlar dressings it has slate roofs and consists of a west tower, aisleless nave with south porch, and chancel with vestry and organ outshoot to the north.
The south porch has a corrugated iron roof over timber which is in need of replacement, a C15th four-centred entrance with polygonal responds and two small cusped windows. Over the door is a niche with a statuette of the Virgin Mary.
The entrance door is oak and C14th Medieval, it has medieval ironwork in it, the iron coach bolts holding the outer panelling to the interior frame, the handle and escutcheon, and the lock escutcheon.
Type of material of the door: Wood
Functional door?: Yes
Location of this door/way: Other
Is it accessable only by paid admission": No
Style: Other
Address or physical location:
Church of St.Mary the Virgin,
High Street,
Whissonsett,
Dereham,
Norfolk.
NR20 5AP
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