Church

St Andrew, Hingham

St Andrew, Hingham

St Andrew’s is a Grade I Church of England parish church on Attleborough Road, Hingham, Norfolk, in the Diocese of Norwich.

Location
Hingham, Norfolk
Country
England
County
Norfolk
City / town
Hingham
Address
Hingham, Norfolk, NR9 4HW
Postcode
NR9 4HW
Built
1319–59; later alterations
Denomination
Church of England
Dedication
Andrew
Diocese
Norwich
Parish
Hingham St Andrew
Grade
I
Style
Decorated, with Perpendicular clerestory
Materials
Flint with stone dressings and slate roofs
Grid reference
TG 021 021
Opening hours
The church is open 9am to 5pm from March to October and 10am to 2pm from November to March.
Access
Accessible toilets in church. Accessible toilets nearby. Level access throughout

Overview

Historic England lists a large Decorated parish church built 1319–59 (NHLE 1051162; listed 26 November 1959). The fabric is flint with stone dressings and slate roofs: nave with clerestory, north and south aisles, a long chancel, two-storey north-east vestry, south porch and a five-storey west tower with set-back buttresses, embattled parapet and patterned friezes. Ballflower friezes run below the eaves of the aisles and nave. The east window is much altered and contains German glass of about 1500. The interior has tall six-bay arcades, a hammerbeam roof, and the fifteenth-century wall monument of Thomas Lord Morley. The parish is Hingham St Andrew.

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