Barmer All Saints




























All Saints Church Barmer
Where to find this church
Church Information
All Saints church is located in a very remote position in the middle of a large field to the east of the B1454 Fakenham to Docking road.
This church is usually open in the summer months during daylight hours
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Visiting Barmer All Saints
This is another round tower where the top half has been rebuilt. It used to be taller with narrow pointed openings for a belfry.
There is also a pointed tower arch, indicating that the lower parts were built in the 13th century. The nave has three flint quoins, but they also include pieces of Barnack stone, which was not commercially available until the 13th century. The north aisle was probably added in the 14th century, and the present chancel was built in the late 19th century.
It was in use as a parish church until the Reformation, but was disused afterwards. In 1602, it was already a ruin, and in a dilapidated state for the next nearly three centuries. The church owes its survival to being used as a mortuary chapel in the mid 19th century. To the south of the tower arch is a tall, narrow recess, which was possibly used to store the staves, or poles, for the banners. The font is plain and circular, made of Ancaster stone, and most likely dates from the time of the restoration to a parish church in 1886. In the south-east nave, below the window is a shelf made of a black stone, supported on three octagonal stone pillars. This stone has five crosses carved on it, showing that it has been used as a mensa, or altar stone, at some time. Everything in the chancel dates from its rebuilding in 1886, except the altar rails given in 1926. It became a parish church again in 1886, but was made redundant in 1977, and passed to the care of the Norfolk Churches Trust.
Latest visit: May 2012
Conclusion: even though it is sometimes locked, this church should be high on your "to do"-list
