St Nicholas

An early 19th century drawing by Robert Ladbrooke (author of ' Views of the Churches of Norfolk') depicts the church with a tower or turret which housed the bell. It was taken down for safety reasons and the church now is without, with the bell hanging in a frame placed at the south-west corner of the nave. The Berney mausoleum was added onto the chancel north wall during the 18th century. The entrance to the mausoleum is through the doorway of an older mausoleum (dating from the 16th century) within the church and unusually, it is neither sealed off nor locked but wide open. The church is open every day.

This project addresses the urgent repairs identified in the 2018 Quinquennial Report and involves works that are necessary to keep the church watertight and to prevent further deterioration of this Grade I listed building. The work that has been tendered involves carrying out repairs to the chancel roof and south aisle roof (repairs to the south slope, re-bedding of the ridge and providing access into the roof void), reroofing the north slope of the nave and repairing the west parapet to the nave. The external walls are extensively covered with cement render, which contributes to dampness in the church.