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- 1. Castle Acre Priory, Norfolk, England
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Monastic church and Priory complex, now in the care of English Heritage The ruins of the priory lie approximately a quarter of a mile SW of Castle Acre village on low marshy ground near the river Nar. The remains of the castle keep stand on a motte surrounded by a bailey and earthworks on the east side of the village, and the extensive outer defences of the castle enclosed the priory site as well as the village. In the centre of the village is the Bailey Gate, originally the north entrance to the bailey. The extent of the priory enclosure can be gained from the position of the gatehouse of c.1500, to the north of the priory church. The layout of the monastery is still clearly discernible.
- 2. St Mary, Hassingham, Norfolk, England
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Parish church The church comprises chancel, aisleless nave and round W tower. All that certainly survives from the 12thc. is the W tower and the S doorway. The nave was rebuilt, or perhaps renovated, in the 13thc., as the lancet window in the S wall indicates. The interior of the church was remodelled in the 15thc. when a new arch to the tower and to the chancel was inserted. The date of 1849 above the S doorway probably records a refurbishment at that date. Romanesque sculpture is found on the S doorway.
- 3. St Ethelbert, Larling, Norfolk, England
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Parish church St Ethelbert’s comprises a square W tower, chancel, nave and S aisle. The N nave wall of the Norman church survives, although restored. The chancel and S aisle date from about 1300 and the W tower is of the late 15thc. The church, including the porch sheltering the elaborately decorated Romanesque S door, underwent restoration in the 19thc. Within the building there is a Romanesque font and also a colonnette, reused as a support for the Gothic piscina in the chancel.
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