Little Witchingham, Norfolk - St. Faith

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Little Witchingham, Norfolk - St. Faith
Little Witchingham, Norfolk - St. Faith

St. Faith's stands in a relatively isolated position in the country lanes of Little Witchingham.
The building originates from the 12th. century, although most of its fabric is from the 14th. century.
The church is built of flint rubble with stone and brick dressings, and consists of a nave with a south aisle, a chancel and west tower that was added in the 15th. century.
By the 1930's the church had fallen into disuse and it became a ruin. In 1967, the enthusiastic art historian Eve Baker visited. She found the church ruinous, roofless and full of elder trees and ivy. The story goes that she climbed in through one of the empty windows, began stripping away ivy and found that the whitewash came off with it, revealing the existence of wall paintings dating from the middle of the 14th. century. The paintings, which had suffered varying degrees of damage, were properly renovated in the early 1970's.
The church was repaired by the Norfolk Churches Trust and the Council for the Care of Churches. It is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.

The church received Grade: II* listed building status on 22nd. July 1983. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 219951).

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