 |
| Herringfleet Church |
 |
| Norman's attempt to copy Sheppard! |
The second church I want to focus on in our tour of the Norfolk-Suffolk border is Herringfleet St Margaret's. It was hard to find as no signposts wanted to help us and our satnav was confused at this point. But determination paid off.
The church's tower is 47 feet high and as you can see from my photos below, is circular to the parapet and has no battlements or stair turret. Apparently the way the flint is laid in the tower helps date the church tower to the late Saxon period. I read that the bells in the tower are dated 1611 and 1837. The unusual aspect - found in a few Norfolk/Suffolk churches - is that the roof and chancel are thatched and unfortunately I arrived on a day when some blue plastic was placed in the thatch!
 |
| Herringfleet Church form the west |
 |
| Taken to show some the gravestones Sheppard included |
 |
| ...and again a major stone featured in Sheppard's illustration |
For the third part of our journey we visit two mystery drawings and hopefully solve them!
No comments:
Post a Comment