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St Mary, Attleborough, Norfolk: the chancel dominated by the rood screen and remains of the frescoes above
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NOTES: The rood screen dates from c.1480 and was restored in 1932. The frescoes above the screen are c.1500.
St Mary, Attleborough, Norfolk: the rood screen
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NOTES: The rood screen dates from c.1480 and was restored in 1932.
All Saints, Morston, Norfolk: the chancel and the fifteenth century screen with the four Evangelists painted on the left side and the four Latin doctors of the church on the right
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NOTES: Parts of this church are 12th century but it is mainly 13th century.
Wymondham Abbey, Norfolk: the nave, formerly the south aisle of the abbey, looking towards the reredos by Sir Ninian Comper
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NOTES: This, the former monastery church of the Benedictine abbey of Wymondham (originally a priory and raised to the status of abbey in 1448), was completed c. 1130. The abbey was dissolved in 1538 and the bell tower and the whole of the eastern part of the church, together with the monastic buildings, fell into ruin. The south aisle was recovered towards the end of the 16th century and thereafter served as the parish church, dedicated to St Mary and St Thomas of Canterbury. The Perpendicular angel roof and clerestory were added in the 15th century. The reredos by Sir Ninian Comper was dedicated in 1921 as a war memorial.
St John the Baptist, Lound, Suffolk: the rood screen
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NOTES: The installation of the rood screen was part of the extensive restoration of the interior undertaken by Sir John Ninian Comper in 1912-1914. It is widely known as the 'Golden Church' .
St Protus and St Hyacinth, Blisland, Cornwall: the chancel screen and rood loft
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NOTES: This church is mainly Norman with some 15th century additions.
