Description

TG 12 SW LITTLE WITCHINGHAM

4/47 Church of St Faith

II*

Parish church, now redundant. Fabric mainly C14. Flint rubble with stone
and brick dressings, smut pantile roof continuous over nave and chancel and
swept down over south aisle. Unbuttressed west tower with a frieze and flush-
work panels below parapet. Two-light south windows in nave and chancel and
at east end of aisle with C20 leaded glazing. Blocked north door to nave.
Fragment of a stone preaching cross, carved with crucifixion, in south wall of
chancel. Arcade to south aisle with octagonal piers and double-chamfered arches.
Traces of a fine scheme of wall paintings: foliage pattern surmounted by traces of
groups of figures. Arcade arches have zig-zag patterning with two large-roundels
in the spandrels. C18 king post roof over nave and chancel.

Listing NGR: TG1154920233

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham at Wikipedia
• St Faith's Church, Little Witchingham official website
• Wikidata Q7593052

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