The TOWER was largely rebuilt in 1864-65 when Col. Mason paid half the cost. He was enlarging Necton Hall about the same time. Necton Hall was subsequently demolished in 1949. The tower was designed to take the massive peal of 6 bells which had caused the previous tower to crack. The lead covered cupola, the pinnacles and the pretty parapet were all innovations of this rebuilding. The angle buttresses go up in steps, diminishing in size towards the top. The buttresses belonging to the former tower had black knapped flints in square panels, whereas the replacement buttresses used more cut stone, in this way we can detect the surviving part of the tower on the south side.

A CLOCK FACE fills a square opening on the west side of the tower and this too was reused from the old tower. A decorative frieze will be seen around the base course. The west doorway is used as the main entrance and so the tower serves as a porch

The SOUTH PORCH was remodelled early in the 19th century to take two Mason memorials. On the outside look for the gargoyles and the chequer work base course to match the tower.

A TOMB in the churchyard on the south side has the effigy of an important woman lying on the top carved out of Purbeck marble. This is the burial place of the Countess of Warwick who was taken ill and died in Necton on her pilgrimage to Walsingham. She expressed her gratitude to the people of Necton by donating some land to the parish.

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