Historic Churches in Norfolk

The Halls are the remnants of an early 14h-century Dominican friary, combining St Andrew's church (used for preaching to townsfolk) and Blackfriars, where the friars held their own private services. Together the buildings comprise the most complete medieval friary remains in England.
St Andrew's and Blackfriars, St Andrew's Plain, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR3 1AU

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Called by John Wesley the most beautiful meeting house in Europe, the Octagon Chapel was designed in 1754 by Thomas Ivory, in a Palladian style, and helped influence the style of Methodist chapels across Europe.
Octagon Unitarian Chapel, Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR3 1BN

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Heritage Highlight: 18th century neo-classical design

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A late 17th-century Nonconformist meeting house of red brick, built by prominent Norwich families to serve a growing Dissenting community. The simple front facade has sash windows said to be the oldest in Norwich.
Meeting House Alley, Colegate, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR3 1BN

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Heritage Highlight: Early use of sash windows

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St Martin's was built around 1300 and was for several centuries administered by a college of priests founded by the Shardlowe family. The church boasts superb woodwork, including a 1330 chancel screen, early 17th-century poppyhead bench ends and pulpit, and late medieval misericords. Look for carvings of Green Men decorating a 14th-century sedilia.
Church Lane, Thompson, Norfolk, England, IP24 1QD

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Heritage Highlight: Outstanding collection of medieval and Stuart woodwork

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"At Thurgarton Church the sun burns the winter clouds over the gaunt Danish stone and thatched reeds that cover the barest chapel I know". So write Norfolk poet George Baker. Baker's description was coloured by his emotions, as the poem was written in memory of his deceased father, but there is something a bit daunting about Thurgarton church, located in a seemingly remote and isolated countryside setting.
Thurgarton, Norfolk, England, NR11 7HT

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Heritage Highlight: Very finely carved medieval bench ends

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St Botolph's, Trunch, is a lovely 15th-century church famous for its superbly carved font canopy, one of only four such canopies in the entire country. Also to see - a painted medieval rood screen, medieval misericords, and a lovely 15th-century hammerbeam roof with angel carvings.
Trunch, Norfolk, England

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Heritage Highlight: Beautifully carved and painted medieval font canopy

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There are two churches in the village of Walpole, near King's Lynn. The current parish church is the magnificent Walpole St Peter, but standing a few fields distant is the church of St Andrew's, now declared redundant, and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Walpole, Norfolk, England, PE14 7LR

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A superb 12th-century church with one of the finest Seven Sacrament fonts in Norfolk. The hammer-beam roof is beautifully constructed, with painted figures on the jack posts. Painted carvings of King Solomon and King David face each other up the nave.
Church Road, Wisbech, Walsoken, East Anglia, Norfolk, England, PE13 3RA

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The isolated church at West Harling stands on the verge of Thetford Forest. All Saints is like a little lost child, hiding from its fellows in a forgotten corner of the countryside. Flights of fancy aside, this is a lovely old church, with a nave, chancel, south porch, and very nice west tower.
West Harling, Norfolk, England, NR16 2SE

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St Mary's church at West Walton is one of those oddities in England; a parish church with a detached bell tower. Though not unique by any stretch, it is sufficiently unusual to make the building worthy of note.
West Walton, Norfolk, England, PE14 7ET

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