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St Peter and St Paul’s, Oulton, Norfolk

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Accessibility

https://www.exploringnorfolkchurches.org/church/st-peter-and-st-pauls-oulton/

2025:

"Wheelchair accessible

Parking nearby"

Brief description

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

2025:

"The area between Aylsham and Holt can seem among the most remote in Norfolk, a landscape of scattered villages unknown to the busy traffic a few miles off on the Cromer road. Here, grand houses still stand among woods and fields, and a lattice of undulating lanes still bears mute witness to the pattern of the past. At a lost crossroads where four deep cut narrow roadways meet is St Peter and St Paul, not far from the great Hall. Elms and oaks are all about, their treetops restless on this late summer day. When the wind drops, you can hear a car approaching from miles off - but not many come this way.

The peaceful churchyard is a pleasant place to wander, and there are several interesting 18th and 19th century headstones. The church is small, and has two curious filled-in archways, one on each side, halfway down the nave. It seems there were once transept chapels, or even perhaps this church was cruciform, except that the roofline must have been very low. There was a fairly restrained 19th century restoration, which has left the curiosity of a terracotta carved and cusped archway to the priest door of the chancel.

Inside, the Victorian benches have been replaced by modern chairs, and I think this always looks good in a medieval church. There is a plainness that offsets the medieval survivals nicely - notably, the lower part of a St Christopher wall painting, the fish still swimming about oblivious of the passing of time."

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1372723