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One of Norfolk's signature round tower churches.

Impressive country house, run by the National Trust but the driveway through the grounds is open to cyclists without charge.

Well worth seeing! Extensive parkland with marked hiking trails, a walled garden with many flowering plants and a dovecote and of course the manor house with its exquisite furnishings of valuable paintings and furniture. The property is managed by the National Trust.

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2024 closed for conservation but can be viewed.

Closed for restoration work as of Aug/Sept 2023, but you can still view from the car park. Baconsthorpe Castle is a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons. Over 200 years, successive generations of this ambitious family built, then enlarged, and finally abandoned this castle. Sir John Heydon probably built the strong inner gatehouse during the turbulent Wars of the Roses period, and his son Sir Henry, whose memorial can be seen in Baconsthorpe Church, completed the fortified house. In more peaceful times, their descendants converted part of the property into a textile factory, and then added the turreted Elizabethan outer gateway, inhabited until 1920 (https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/baconsthorpe-castle/)

One doesn't see many castles being built these days, but this one is well under way.

Here lies the ruins of the 15th century fortied Baconsthorpe Castle, complete with moat, which was once home to the Heydon family. Part of the property was converted for use as a textile factory, while the later addition of the turreted gatehouse was lived in until the 1920s. The site is managed by English Heritage: https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/baconsthorpe-castle/

Great stop for a coffee and cake. A nice through road as well for bikes (including road ones) so no need to go back on yourself

This is a slightly tapering tower with Y tracery in its belfry openings. It dates from the late 13th / early 14th century, but was rebuilt from the first floor upwards in 1886/7, though possibly the belfry stonework was re-used. It is circular all the way up and has a battlemented parapet. The nave west wall shows the width of the earlier church as it still has its ferricrete quoins showing within the wall, though the church was widened in the 13th century. This old part of the wall also includes much random ferricrete. The south nave wall is rendered with plaster, but the other walls show their flintwork. On both sides the nave has pointed windows with a quatrefoil in the apex, either side of a larger Tudor square-headed window, to let in more light. The chancel has an attractive east window with “butterfly” tracery. The south porch had an upper room, known as a “parvise”, but its window is now blocked. The face of the porch is covered with white flints and there is a gable cross. The present tower arch is Tudor, dating from 16th century. In the south-west corner is a doorway to access the stairs to the parvise above the porch. More: https://www.roundtowerchurches.net/norfolk/norfolk-c-g/gresham-2/

A very attractive little church, which has clearly benefitted from some renovations, in the picturesque village of Gresham.

The church consists of a tall west tower, nave, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, chancel and south porch. The earliest parts are the chancel and north transept, which are from about 1300. The rest of the building is late 14th and early 15th century, and was built by Sir Michael De La Pole, first Earl of Suffolk, and his wife Catherine (except the north aisle, built by Robert Oxburgh). Construction is of flint, except the tower, which is faced in freestone. There are interesting gargoyles below the parapets. Inside is a hammerbeam roof to the nave with carved angels, a 15th century rood screen with original painted panels, medieval stained glass, poppy-headed benches, a 15th century pulpit and a medieval alms box.

This stunning medieval church can be found in a peaceful rural setting, just outside the village of Felbrigg. Built from flint with stone and brick dressings in the 13th century, the tower was added in 1410. Interestingly, after an outbreak of the plague in the 16th century, the village was rebuilt in a new location to the northeast, leaving the church in its current position. St Margaret's is Grade II-listed.

Felbrigg Hall is a stunning 17th-century country house known for its Jacobean architecture and Georgian interior. Set amongst acres of woodland and orchards, the grounds are also a lovely place to explore. The estate originally belonged to the Felbrigg family before passing to John Wyndham's family who owned the house for centuries before it was given to the National Trust. Robery Wyndham Ketton-Cremer, who left the estate to the National Trust, was the author of a number of books on the estate and Norfolk. During winter, the parkland is open from dawn to dusk but the house is closed, tickets cost £7.85. Tickets to the full estate in summer cost £12.40. You can find more information, here: https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/felbrigg-hall-gardens-and-estate

Be sure to visit! Both the house itself and the garden as well as the fields and forests around it are worth a visit. We will definitely be back !! There is also an NT Cafe, where you can have a snack or a tea or coffee (cold drinks, of course) drink.

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On the huge property you can walk for hours and hike. Paths are expelled. One is called Church and Lake trail and leads past this small church.

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A National Trust property. A cosy family home for over 400 years with a great history. Pleasant walks around the estate, tea room, shop.