St Gregory's Church, Heckingham

St Gregory's Church, Heckingham
St Gregory's Church, Heckingham, from the southeast
St Gregory's Church, Heckingham Location in Norfolk
Coordinates: 52°32′07″N 1°30′52″E / 52.5352°N 1.5144°E / 52.5352; 1.5144
OS grid reference	TM 385 988
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint Gregory
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	5 September 1960
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman
Specifications
Materials	Flint with limestone dressings, some red brick Thatched roofs

St Gregory's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Heckingham, Norfolk, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. It stands on a small hill overlooking the River Chet.

St Gregory's originated in the 12th century, and most of its fabric dates from that and the next century. The south porch was added in the 15th century.

The church is constructed in flint with limestone dressings, and some red brick. The roofs are thatched. Its plan consists of a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a chancel with an apse at the east end, and a west tower. The lower third of the tower, dating from the 12th century, is round, and the upper two-thirds, added at a later date, is octagonal with brick quoins. The bell openings are lancets, and there are two lancet windows lower down on the west side, one above the other. The gabled porch is decorated with shields over the doorway. There are blocked windows in its east and west sides. In the south wall of the nave are a three-light window, dating from the 15th century, and a lancet window. The apsidal chancel is divided into five bays by pilasters acting as buttresses. In the south bay is a two-light window with Y-tracery. The southeast bay contains a lancet window and a memorial tablet. The east window has two lights containing Decorated tracery. The northeast bay contains a small lancet window, and in the north bay is a two-light window with ogee heads. There are windows with Y-tracery dating from about 1300 in the east and west windows of the north aisle. In its north wall are a two-light window with Y-tracery, two lancet windows, and a blocked round-headed doorway dating from the 12th century.