---
title: "St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall"
description: "Located in Wiggenhall, Norfolk. Built C13 doorways; remainder c.1400; restored 1862. Grade I. Perpendicular style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Churches Conservation Trust","Norfolk","Wiggenhall","Grade I","Perpendicular","G E Street"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-mary-virgin-wiggenhall"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T03:06:40.128Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T16:00:36.094Z"
location: "Wiggenhall, Norfolk"
country: "England"
county: "Norfolk"
town: "Wiggenhall"
address: "Lynn Road, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, PE34 3EW"
postcode: "PE34 3EW"
built: "C13 doorways; remainder c.1400; restored 1862"
architect: "G E Street (restoration 1862)"
denomination: "Churches Conservation Trust"
dedications: ["Mary"]
grade: "I"
style: "Perpendicular"
materials: "Carstone, ashlar and brick; slate roofs to nave and chancel, lead aisles"
openingHours: "Open by arrangement."
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342293"
gridReference: "TF 582 144"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall

St Mary the Virgin is a Grade I redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust, standing at the end of Church Road north of Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk, in a watery landscape near the River Ouse.

## Overview

Historic England lists a parish church with thirteenth-century north and south doors, the remainder of about 1400, restored in 1862 by G. E. Street. The fabric is carstone, ashlar and brick, with slate-roofed nave and chancel and leaded aisles. The plan is west tower, nave, aisles and chancel. The three-stage tower has western angle buttresses containing stair turrets to full height, a restored Perpendicular west window, and a brick belfry stage with an embattled parapet bowed at the western corners. A brick south porch is tunnel-vaulted with moulded transverse ribs and a sundial dated 1742 over the exterior arch. The interior has a five-bay arcade of quatrefoil piers. The church is celebrated for its carved wooden fittings: early fifteenth- to early sixteenth-century bench ends, a chancel screen dado of about 1500–25, a Jacobean font cover, and an eagle lectern dated 1518.

Monuments include an alabaster monument to Sir Henry Kervile of 1624 and a heart-shaped brass to Sir Robert Kervile. The church is open by arrangement and at advertised volunteer hours.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1342293](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342293)
- [Wikipedia: St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Mary_the_Virgin%27s_Church,_Wiggenhall)