St Andrew - Rockland All Saints, Norfolk - Medieval Churches on Waymarking.com

"What survives is basically the west wall of the tower, split completely down the middle. The corners are solid, and you also get about half of each of the north and south faces of the tower as well. They present something of a puzzle, because if the position of the bell windows is anything to go by, this tower was not square but slightly rectangular, longer from east to west than from north to south. It rather looks as if the demise of the church was caused by the collapse of the eastern face of the tower into the nave, perhaps serving as a reminder that a square tower would have been stronger.

Although this prominent ruin is easy to see, it is rather harder to approach. The area around it is cordoned off with fairly recent barbed wire and planted with young trees. It is certainly possible to get in (although, as this would be trespassing, I cannot suggest you do such a thing) but rather harder to get out, as you have to climb down a slope as you get over the barbed wire.

It is easy to see how St Andrew could have fallen into disuse. We are only a few hundred metres from the church of Rockland All Saints here (visit link) , and there are almost no other buildings within a mile. After the Reformation there must have been increasingly less reason for two churches so close together in such a remote place."

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Building Materials: Stone

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