English Heritage sites near Smallburgh Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
11 miles from Smallburgh Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
13 miles from Smallburgh Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
14 miles from Smallburgh Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
15 miles from Smallburgh Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
16 miles from Smallburgh Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
16 miles from Smallburgh Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
Churches in Smallburgh Parish
Smallburgh: St Peter
Hall Road
Smallburgh
Norwich
07902 447821
St Peter's has a fine display of Perpendicular period Nave and Chancel windows. The walls were raised in height and the windows added in 1400. The Tower collapsed in 1677, it seems a lesser tower took its place (J.R.Ladbrook 1822 drawing shows that. The west wall was thoroughly rebuilt in 1902, it has a large 'bell cote' above the nave ridge. The East window is Victorian. A 'holy water' stoop existed in the porch until mid 16th c.. A cut-off grave slab lies in the porch.
The font was damaged by the fall of the tower and was restored by re-cutting and some replacement. The south door is 15th C. The roof timbers have been painted in a pattern of red and cream under the instruction of the German wife of Rector James Milne(1898-1929).
The screen is without the upper part, the lower panels are in good condition. 8 medieval painting of saints decorate it, it was disfigured probably in the Reformation era. The saints are thought to be St Antony, St Edmund,St Benedict, St George, St Giles, St Laurence and unknown figures perhaps Bishops. The panel above the pulpit are derived from the screen with paintings of St Peter and 2 figures of unknown nature.
The Chancel was restored in 1877 by the Revd Griffith (Rector 1881-1897)
The church has an extensive graveyard (almost full) with a range of interesting monuments.
On the outside of the south wall is an inscription 'All you who do this place passby. Remember death for you must die,so once was I, and as I am so you must be. Therefore prepare to follow me'
Pubs in Smallburgh Parish
Crown Inn
North Walsham Road, Smallburgh, NR12 9AD
(01692) 536314
smallburghcrown.co.uk