Barton Turf
| Barton Turf | |
| Norfolk | |
|---|---|
 St Michael and All Angels, Barton Turf | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | TG353224 |
| Location: | 52°44’53"N, 1°29’6"E |
| Data | |
| Population: | 467 (2011) |
| Post town: | Norwich |
| Postcode: | NR12 |
| Dialling code: | 01263 |
| Local Government | |
| Council: | North Norfolk |
| Parliamentary constituency: |
North Norfolk |
Barton Turf is a village in Norfolk twelve miles north-east of the county's one city, Norwich. It stands on the north-western edge of Barton Broad, the second largest of the Norfolk Broads.
The 2011 Census recorded a population of 467 in Barton Broad and Irstead together.
The parish church, St Michael and All Angels, standa bout a mile from the clustered village centre. It has a large, ornate mediæval painted rood screen such as many mediæval parishes who could afford fine artisans once had, but which have rarely survived the Reformation.
The 18th-century antiquarian Antony Norris lived in Barton Turf, and is buried at the church.[1]
Barton Hall
Barton Hall is a house owned by Sir Sidney Peel's noble wife and is a Grade II (starting category) listed building with a typical, of a former manorial farmhouse, fishpond and array of outhouses around a courtyard to the front.[2]
It was built 1742 with two fronts later remodelled.[2] Its walls are brick, partly plastered to appear ashlar (regular, grand stone courses).[2] Its roofs are of plain tiles and pantiles.[2] A grand list of 18th-century revival classical architecture follows in its listing such as detailing its tympanum, entablature, pediment, quoins, rustication, string course by cornice and rounded window within intercolumniation.[2]
Pictures
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("Wikimedia Commons" has material about Barton Turf) |
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A Barton Turf corn dolly -
Paintings on the 15th-century Rood Screen -
Thrones (angels) from the Rood Screen -
Cherubim from the Rood Screen -
Iconoclastic damage in the church
Outside links
- High resolution images of the Barton Turf Rood Screen
- Information on Barton Turf from GENUKI
- Turf Barton Turf in the Domesday Book