All Saints Church - the octagonal tower

Image: © Evelyn Simak Taken: 17 Jun 2008

All Saints' octagonal tower (seen here), with a door in its middle stage, dates from the 14th century; it is believed that the tower was higher before the Reformation, and that Sir Thomas de Hauville - the then Lord of the Manor, and Keeper of the King's Hawks - used to watch his charges from its height. The church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850526 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850535 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850540 was extensively restored in the 19th century (by architect Frederick Preedy) and the pulpit as well as the tiny organ > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850537 date from this time. Older survivals are some C15 poppyheads affixed to benches in the north aisle > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850536 and the octagonal C15 font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850542. A plaque on the south nave wall commemorates William Newman, a poor boy raised by the parish, who later made his fortune in London and willed some of it to the poor of the parish on his death > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850546. There are some C18 ledger slabs on the chancel floor > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/850539. The church is open every day. For more information see: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/kettlestone/kettlestone.htm

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