Norfolk Norman Doorways

Aldeby St Mary's church Norman west door [5495] 1976-04-17
Ashby St Mary's church Norman south door [3363] 1940-03-25
Ashby St Mary's church Norman south door [3364] 1940-03-25
Door arch.
Bacton Bromholm Priory Norman transept door [5589] 1976-07-11
Blocked doorway in north wall of north transept.
Barton Bendish St Mary's Norman west door [5468] 1975-09-11
Barton Bendish St Andrew's Norman S door [5470] 1975-09-11
Late Norman.
Bawsey St James' church ruin Norman S door [5630] 1976-08-19
Right hand jamb with Norman capital.
Binham Priory St Mary's church Norman door [5574] 1976-06-06
In SW turret.
Brettenham St Andrew's church Norman S door [5515] 1976-04-20
Retained through the rebuilding.
Buckenham Ferry St Nicholas' Norman W door [5561] 1976-06-05
Buckenham Ferry St Nicholas' Norman S door [3395] 1940-05-04
Burgh St Margaret's church Norman N door [5524] 1976-05-22
Burgh St Margaret's church Norman S door [5482] 1975-09-13
Castle Acre Priory Norman W door N aisle [5618] 1976-08-19
Castle Acre Priory Norman W door nave [3637] 1946-09-15
Castle Acre Priory Norman W door S aisle [5619] 1976-08-19
Castle Acre Priory Norman priors lodge door [5620] 1976-08-19
North side of prior's lodge.
Castle Acre Priory Norman undercroft door [5621] 1976-08-19
Undercroft of prior's lodge.
Castle Acre Priory Norman parlour door [5622] 1976-08-19
East wall of prior's lodge parlour.
Castle Acre Priory Norman parlour door [5623] 1976-08-19
East wall of prior's lodge parlour.
Castle Rising castle Norman entrance door [5635] 1976-08-19
At head of main entrance staircase.
Castle Rising castle Norman vaulting [5634] 1976-08-19
Archway and vaulting to recess in upper room.
Castle Rising castle Norman hall door [5633] 1976-08-19
Grand entrance to banqueting hall.
Castle Rising St Lawrence's Norman W door [3847] 1950-05-20
Castle Rising St Lawrence's Norman N door [5637] 1976-08-19
Castle Rising St Lawrence's Norman N door [5638] 1976-08-19
Castle Rising St Lawrence's Norman S door [5639] 1976-08-19
Chedgrave All Saints church Norman N door [3304] 1940-02-24
Chedgrave All Saints church Norman S door [5082] 1966-09-10
Clippesby St Peter's church Norman N door [5461] 1975-09-07
Clippesby St Peter's church Norman door [5462] 1975-09-07
Norman chevron ornament built into south porch doorway.
Crimplesham St Mary's church Norman S door [5471] 1975-09-11
Croxton All Saints Norman priest's door [5755] 1977-04-15
Late 12c priest's door in south side of chancel.
E Barsham All Saints church Norman N door [5566] 1976-06-06
E Barsham All Saints church Norman S door [5565] 1976-06-06
E Dereham St Nicholas' church Norman S door [5464] 1975-09-11
Easton St Peter's church Norman south door [5525] 1976-05-31
Transitional Norman.
E Wretham St Ethelbert's Norman south door [5753] 1977-04-15
Fishley St Mary's church Norman south door [5481] 1975-09-13
Billet frieze on hood-mould. Scalloped capitals.
Framingham Earl St Andrew's Norman N door [5546] 1976-06-05
Framingham Earl St Andrew's Norman S door [4800] 1964-08-03
Fundenhall St Nicholas' Norman south door [5505] 1976-04-20
With one order of shafts.
Gaywood St Faith's church Norman N door [5631] 1976-08-19
Norman doorway incorporated into modern building.
Gillingham St Mary's church Norman N door [4626] 1961-08-03
Gillingham St Mary's church Norman W door [4625] 1961-08-03
Gissing St Mary Virgin church Norman S door [5316] 1972-06-15
Gissing St Mary Virgin church Norman N door [5523] 1976-04-20
Haddiscoe St Mary's church Norman N door [5493] 1976-04-17
Haddiscoe St Mary's church Norman S door [3469] 1940-07-10
Haddiscoe St Mary's church Norman S door [3470] 1940-07-10
Haddiscoe St Mary's church Norman S door [5494] 1976-04-17
Contemporary figure of Our Lord seated on a throne in a niche above the door.
Hales St Margaret's church Norman N door [3322] 1940-03-09
Hales St Margaret's church Norman N door [3318] 1940-03-09
The north doorway described by the artist J S Cotman as "one of the finest arches in existence".
Hales St Margaret's church Norman S door [3321] 1940-03-09
Hales St Margaret's church Norman S door [3317] 1940-03-09
Hardwick St Margaret's church Norman S door [3451] 1940-07-09
Late 12c transitional Norman. Billeted equilateral arch above engaged columns.
Hassingham St Mary's church Norman S door [3394] 1940-05-04
Heckingham St Gregory's Norman north door [5485] 1976-04-17
Heckingham St Gregory's Norman north door [5486] 1976-04-17
Heckingham St Gregory's Norman south door [3324] 1940-03-09
Hellington St John Baptist's Norman N door [3429] 1940-05-25
Hellington St John Baptist's Norman S door [3431] 1940-05-25
Hellington St John Baptist's Norman S door [3309] 1940-03-02
Horsham St Faith mission room Norman door [5609] 1976-08-16
Reconstructed from nearby priory.
Horsham St Faith Priory Norman doorway [4556] 1960-06-02
Blocked doorway at west end of south wall of former refectory.
Horsham St Faith Priory Norman door jambs [4552] 1960-06-02
East side of cloister.
Kenninghall St Mary's church Norman S door [4964] 1965-08-20
Kilverstone St Andrew's Norman S door [5758] 1977-04-15
Kirby Bedon St Andrew's Norman south door [5545] 1976-06-05
Kirby Cane All Saints church Norman S door [5601] 1976-08-14
Kirby Cane All Saints church Norman S door [5553] 1976-06-05
Langford St Andrew's church Norman S door [6266] 1983-07-07
Langford St Andrew's church Norman S door [6267] 1983-07-07
Larling St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [5389] 1974-09-03
The church otherwise built in the 14c.
Larling St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [3931] 1950-07-26
Detail of arch and jambs showing unusual ornament.
Larling St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [3930] 1950-07-26
Larling St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [5388] 1974-09-03
Limpenhoe St Botolph's church Norman S door [3392] 1940-05-04
Blocked doorway on south side of nave.
Limpenhoe St Botolph's church Norman S door [7917] 2003-02-24
Lt Snoring St Andrew's church Norman N door [5460] 1975-09-06
Lt Snoring St Andrew's church Norman S door [3956] 1950-07-28
Transitional Norman - Early English.
Lt Snoring St Andrew's church Norman S door [3959] 1950-07-28
Marham Holy Trinity church Norman N door [5742] 1977-04-14
With chequered tympanum.
Marlingford St Mary's church Norman S door [3427] 1940-05-19
Mundham St Peter's church Norman south door [3352] 1940-03-25
Mundham St Peter's church Norman south door [3353] 1940-03-25
Mundham St Peter's church Norman south door [3355] 1940-03-25
Norman doorway ornamented with five orders.
Old Buckenham All Saints Norman north door [4980] 1965-08-25
Ormesby St Margaret's church Norman S door [1904] 1937-08-19
Ovington St John Evangelist Norman S door [5533] 1976-05-31
Quidenham St Andrew's church Norman N door [5508] 1976-04-20
Roydon All Saints church Norman north door [5477] 1975-09-11
Roydon All Saints church Norman south door [5478] 1975-09-11
Runcton Holme St James' Norman S door [5473] 1975-09-11
Shereford St Nicholas' church Norman S door [3949] 1950-07-28
Shingham St Botolph's church Norman S door [5466] 1975-09-11
Shouldham Thorpe St Mary's Norman west door [5472] 1975-09-11
Almost rebuilt in 1852, but the Norman doorway, formerly in the north porch, was rebuilt at the west end.
S Burlingham St Edmund's church Norman door [3390] 1940-05-04
Blocked doorway on north side of church.
S Burlingham St Edmund's Norman south door [3633] 1946-04-22
And font.
S Lopham St Andrew's church Norman N door [5518] 1976-04-20
S Lopham St Andrew's church Norman S door [5519] 1976-04-20
Taverham St Edmund's church Norman N door [5773] 1977-04-30
Very early Norman.
Thelveton St Andrew's church Norman N door [7295] 1995-11-26
Thornage All Saints church Norman window [6114] 1980-06-19
On the north side of nave. Unusual brickwork above arch.
Thorpe next Haddiscoe Norman north door [5492] 1976-04-17
Thorpe next Haddiscoe Norman south door [5491] 1976-04-17
Thurlton All Saints church Norman S door [5489] 1976-04-17
It has an incipient dog-toothed label mould.
Thurlton All Saints church Norman S door [7308] 1996-05-12
Thurton St Ethelbert's church Norman N door [5547] 1976-06-05
Thurton St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [3359] 1940-03-25
Thurton St Ethelbert's church Norman S door [3360] 1940-03-25
Thwaite St Mary's church Norman south door [3341] 1940-03-23
Thwaite St Mary's church Norman south door [3342] 1940-03-23
Tottenhill St Botolph's Norman south door [5475] 1975-09-11
With carved tympanum.
Tottenhill St Botolph's Norman south door [5476] 1975-09-11
Walsoken All Saints church Norman west door [5644] 1976-08-19
Walsoken All Saints church Norman west door [5660] 1976-08-21
Warham St Mary's church Norman N door [7270] 1995-10-01
Waterden All Saints church Norman N door [7033] 1993-07-11
W Barsham Assumption Virgin Norman N door [5568] 1976-06-06
W Barsham Assumption Virgin Norman S door [5567] 1976-06-06
Wimbotsham St Mary's church Norman S door [5641] 1976-08-19
Modern tympanum.
Wimbotsham St Mary's church Norman N door [5642] 1976-08-19
Wimbotsham St Mary's church Norman N door [5655] 1976-08-21
Modern tympanum.
Worthing St Margaret's church Norman S door [5500] 1976-04-19
Wramplingham Ss Peter Paul Norman N door [5496] 1976-04-19
Wretton All Saints church Norman north door [5747] 1977-04-14
Plain blocked Norman doorway.
Wroxham St Mary's church Norman south door [5825] 1977-06-12
Wroxham St Mary's church Norman south door [5826] 1977-06-12
Wroxham St Mary's church Norman south door [3641] 1946-09-22

Text and photographs copyright George Plunkett

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