St Mary, Sisland
St Mary, Sisland
St Mary is a Grade II* thatched parish church at Sisland, Norfolk, a medieval church largely rebuilt in 1761 after a lightning strike, in the Diocese of Norwich.
- Location
- Sisland, Norfolk
- Country
- England
- County
- Norfolk
- City / town
- Sisland
- Address
- Sisland, Norfolk, NR14 6EF
- Postcode
- NR14 6EF
- Built
- Medieval; largely rebuilt 1761 after lightning
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Mary
- Diocese
- Norwich
- Parish
- Sisland
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Gothick, reusing medieval north wall
- Materials
- Flint and colourwashed brick; thatched roof; weatherboarded bell turret
- Grid reference
- TM 344 985
- Opening hours
- Anyone visiting the church will be made most welcome. The church is open from April to October from 9am to 5pm. At all other times there is a key available with details on the notice board.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets nearby
Overview
Historic England lists the church (1051106, 5 September 1960) as medieval, partly rebuilt after lightning in 1761, of flint and colourwashed brick with a thatched roof. Nave and chancel are continuous; ruins, possibly of a medieval chapel, stand to the north. A weatherboarded bell turret with a spirelet sits over the first nave bay. The interior has a west gallery on iron columns, a tripartite chancel arch on Tuscan columns, and an octagonal font with four lions against the stem. Norfolk Heritage records that most of the visible fabric dates from 1761, when the church was rebuilt in Gothick style, reusing the old north wall; the fifteenth-century font is the chief interior survival of the earlier church. The Chet Valley churches site is chetvalleychurches.org.