St. Michael's church, Great Cressingham

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 5 Feb 2010

Dominating the centre of the village, this impressive church is mainly 15th c. with a 13th c. chancel with its weatherworn pinnacles. A blocked low side window can be seen adjacent to the priest’s door. Above the porch door is a niche with a rather battered St Michael, and inside is a broken stoup. The octagonal font is dull but has a Jacobean cover; the roof alternates with arch-braced tie-beam and hammer-beams with recumbent angels on the hammers. The pulpit, although of Victorian stone is well carved and not too out of place. The rood loft stairs were once accessible from the chancel before nave was restructured. Good glass in the north nave windows and a fine early chest stands at the west end. Set into the nave floor are five early brasses some of which have been ravaged over the years.

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