Holy Trinity Scoulton
This beautiful church is tucked away off the B1108 main Norwich to Watton road, but the churchyard is hedged in and so beautiful that you might be miles from anywhere. Holy Trinity sprawls like a contented lion in the middle of the graveyard, its unusual unfinished tower just short of being crowned with a spire. It may well be that changing economic fortunes in the years after the Black Death carried off half of Norfolk's population may have put paid to that.
The nave is thatched, the aisles have slate roofs and the chancel has tiles. How unusual to see three different materials on the one building. There are aisles to north and south, but no chancel, creating the impression of a wide, low structure. The windows about are all late 13th or early 14th century, all filled with clear glass, and this gives the interior of the church a very special atmosphere from the moment you open the south door, which is old too.
The nave itself has a collection of 19th century benches, but the font cover and pulpit on the south side are older, probably 17th century. The pulpit on the north side is a modern copy of the old one, and it seemed most unusual to see the two together. Jacobean panelling has been set behind the pulpits to form kind of low screen, which turns eastward at the entrance to the chancel. They create an effect something between box pews and return stalls, although in fact there is no attached seating on the eastern side.
Church Micro Information
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