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St Andrew's Church, Blickling, Norfolk

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"Blickling Hall is probably the grandest of the big Norfolk country houses, and one of the grandest in England. Largely constructed for Sir Henry Hobart in the 1620s on the site of its predecessor, it is perhaps the great Jacobean country house. Robert Lyminge, the architect, died on the job in 1628 and was buried in the churchyard here. The earlier house was the home of the home of the Dagworths and the Boleyns, and dated from the late 14th Century. If Lyminge could come back today he'd no doubt recognise the Hall, despite its additions in the late 18th Century. But perhaps he wouldn't recognise the church. St Andrew, which sits above the Aylsham road to the south-east of the Hall, has been largely rebuilt. As Pevsner observes, externally the church seems entirely Victorian, and partly indeed it is. The tower and porch are George Street's, while the chancel was rebuilt by William Butterfield in the 1850s. The result is perhaps a contrast with the gravity of the Hall, a somewhat austere and urban church which would not be out of place in a provincial town. And yet, it seems likely that no expense was spared."

http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/blickling/blickling.htm