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St Michael the Archangels Church, Booton, Norfolk

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Details

Accessibility

Parking available on lane next to church. There are two small steps into the churchyard and very small step into church. Due to the historic nature of the building, there is no heating, running water or toilet facilities. The lighting is operated via a motion sensor.

Brief description

"A breathtaking church created by a descendant of Pocahontas

This amazingly decorative and extraordinary church was the creation of one man - eccentric clergyman Reverend Whitwell Elwin - a descendant of Pocahontas. A friend of Charles Darwin, Elwin not only raised the funds for the building, he also designed it - without the help of an architect - borrowing details from other churches throughout the country. Some of his models can be identified; the west doorway was inspired by Glastonbury Abbey, for example, but the slender twin towers which soar over the wide East Anglian landscape and the central pinnacle which looks almost like a minaret, seem to have sprung solely from his imagination. The result is a masterpiece.

Inside, he filled his fairytale creation with angels all modelled on the rector's female friends! The wooden carved angels holding up the roof are the work of James Minns, a well-known master-carver whose carving of a bull's head is still the emblem on Colman's Mustard. The delicately coloured stained glass windows also show angels as a series of musicians with flowing hair and pretty faces. Edwin Lutyens, the distinguished architect who married the daughter of one of Elwin's oldest friends, said the church was "very naughty but built in the right spirit". You may love the church; you may be outraged by it, but you cannot remain unmoved by such an exuberant oddity."

Address

Booton, Norwich, Norfolk, NR10 4NZ

Email

Phone

Website

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Michael_the_Archangel%27s_Church,_Booton

https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-michael-booton.html

Directions

12 miles north-west of Norwich.

Follow Historic Church sign from B1149 Holt Road/ Buxton Road junction and further signs to church

Opening Times

Always check with the venue directly for up-to-date information including opening times and admission charges as they may be subject to change

10:00 am - 4:00 pm daily

Transport

Nearest railway station: Norwich (11.4 miles)

Amenities

Due to the historic nature of the building, there is no heating, running water or toilet facilities. The lighting is operated via a motion sensor.

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