Roudham, Norfolk

St Andrew, ruin, was burnt down in 1736 when one of the workmen repairing the tower managed to set fire to the thatched nave roof. It was never rebuilt and is now a rather romantic shell. The churchyard is immaculately maintained but the interior is not, being overgrown with vegetation - I imagine this is on Health & Safety grounds to deter visitors from having a gander and then being injured by falling masonry - which is a shame.

ST ANDREW. In ruins. Dec S tower. Battlements with panelling in flushwork. One big circular sound-hole to the S. All walls stand, though devoid of features, except for the W window, which has its Y-tracery.

Nearly a mile away, at Roudham, is the forlorn ruin of an old flint church standing by the thatched lodge of the hall, the tower and parts of the walls, with windows and doorways, left to tell of a fire which swept through it long ago.

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