Historic Churches in Norfolk

An attractive 13th-century town church on one side of the old Saxon market place of Norwich, directly opposite the Cathedral gates. Highlights include a 13th-century Purbeck marble font, 17th and 18th-century memorials, a wonderful Georgian reredos, and a 17th-century pulpit.
Tombland, Norwich, Norfolk, England, NR3 1AF

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Heritage Highlight: 13th-century font, 17th-century memorials

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St Mary's dates to the 14th century and stands on the site of an early medieval church. The historic highlight is a superb 15th-century font, carved with likenesses of saints and kings. The font was hidden under the floor of the church for over 300 years. Look for five painted panels from a late medieval screen, set on the wall.
High Street, Stalham, Norfolk, England, NR12 9AU

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Heritage Highlight: Beautifully carved 15th-century font

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St Michael's is a large 13th-century church on the site of an earlier Saxon building. Inside the church are a late 13th or early 14th-century font, very nicely carved 15th-century bench ends, and a panelled 17th-century pulpit.
Church Road, Sutton, Norfolk, England, NR12 9SA

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century carved bench ends

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St Michael's is a 14th-century church on the site of an earlier Saxon building. Highlights include a restored 15th-century screen, painted with likenesses of saints, a 15th-century octagonal font, and a 1641 memorial brass.
Church Lane, Swanton Abbott, Norfolk, England, NR10 5DY

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Heritage Highlight: 15th-century painted screen

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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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