Piscina and Sedilia - Church of All Saints, Church Road, Tilney All Saints, Norfolk. PE34 4SJ
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greysman
N 52° 44.192 E 000° 19.289
31U E 319168 N 5846327
The waterways in fenland carried wool to east-coast ports and on to the continent from the uplands of England leading to great wealth which was shown in the great churches of the area including Tilney All Saints.
Waymark Code: WMY15N
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/31/2018
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This late C12th parish church is Grade I listed, the nave and chancel are from this date, the west tower is late C13th and C14th with a spire dated 1428. The nave and chancel aisles were remodelled in the C15th with battlements added 1523-1525. It is built of barnack stone and flint, partly rendered and belongs to a group of fenland churches with very long naves built on land reclaimed from the sea.
The C15th three-bay stepped sedilia in the chancel south wall have cusped ogee heads to each bay below a cornice, the cornice continuing east over a similar piscina. The piscina was originally used for cleansing the communion vessels and the priests hands at the mass. The three-seat sedilia is for the priest and his assistants during the mass.