St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish

St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish
St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish, from the southeast
St Mary's Church, Barton Bendish Location in Norfolk
Coordinates: 52°37′11″N 0°31′27″E / 52.6198°N 0.52423°E / 52.6198; 0.52423
OS grid reference	TF 709 054
Location	Barton Bendish, Norfolk
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	8 July 1959
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman, Gothic
Groundbreaking	14th century
Specifications
Materials	Brick and stone Roofs thatched

St Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Barton Bendish, 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. The architectural historian Nikolaus Pevsner was of the opinion that its west door is "one of the best Norman doorways in England". The church stands in an isolated position to the west of the village.

The church dates from the 14th century. It formerly had a tower, but this fell in 1710. The church was restored in 1788–89. During this restoration a 12th-century doorway was moved into it from the nearby church of All Saints, which was being demolished. There were further restorations in 1858 and 1871.

St Mary's is constructed in brick, rubble and carrstone, parts of which have been rendered. The roofs are thatched. Its plan is simple, consisting of a nave and a chancel with a north vestry, and a bellcote at the west end. The west doorway dates from the middle of the 12th century. Above it is a two-light window dating from 1858. On the west gable is a bellcote of 1871. In the south wall of the nave is a doorway with a plain arch, and to its east is a two-light early 14th-century window. The south wall of the chancel contains a two-light window, a priest's door over which is a finial, and a three-light 19th-century square-headed window. The east window has three lights. On the north side of the chancel is a two-light window, and there is another two-light window in the north wall of the nave.