St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall

St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall
A stone church with red tiled roofs seen from the southeast, showing a battlemented tower, a nave with a clerestory, a south porch and a chancel
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall, from the southeast
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall is located in Norfolk
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall
St Mary the Virgin's Church, Wiggenhall
Location in Norfolk
52°42′15″N 0°20′27″E / 52.7042°N 0.3409°E / 52.7042; 0.3409
OS grid referenceTF582144
LocationWiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Norfolk
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
WebsiteChurches Conservation Trust
History
DedicationSt Mary the Virgin
Architecture
Functional statusRedundant
Heritage designationGrade I
Designated8 July 1959
Architect(s)G. E. Street (restoration)
Architectural typeChurch
StylePerpendicular
Groundbreaking13th century
Specifications
MaterialsCarstone and brick
Slate and lead roofs

St Mary the Virgin's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the civil parish of Wiggenhall St Germans, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] The church stands at the end of a lane to the north of the village of Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, some 5 miles (8 km) south of King's Lynn.[2][3] It is notable particularly for the quality of carving of its wooden fittings.[2][4]

  1. ^ Historic England, "Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall St Germans (1342293)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 9 April 2015
  2. ^ a b c Church of St Mary the Virgin, Wiggenhall, Norfolk, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 3 December 2016
  3. ^ Wiggenhall St Mary the Virgin, Streetmap, retrieved 10 February 2011
  4. ^ Wiggenhall, St Mary's Church, Britain Express, retrieved 10 February 2011