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A grit bin, shrub tub, letter box and litter bin surround the village sign.

The sign represents the village's participation in the National Open Garden Scheme. The walled kitchen garden at The Hall, which was designed out by Arne Maynard in 2000, and replanted during 2016 and 2017 the garden can be viewed by appointment. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5798591

The village sign at Holme Hale, Norfolk. A plaque reads... Original sign replaced to commemorate the Golden Jubilee 2002 funded by the Philip Robertson Bequest.

Holme Hale.

The chancel roof adds a dash of colour to a grey building. This is a well proportioned 14th c. church with a substantial 15th c. tower. On the tower are bricks set into the flint as an arch, but I think these were decorative rather than there ever having been transepts of a cruciform church. The flint-work is too regular and shows no sign of disturbance. Inside the church the bench-ends are most unusual in having semi-circular cut-outs with lovely carvings. The south windows in the nave are 15th c. and they alone are worth a visit. The 15th c. font is quite plain with an octagonal bowl and shaft. A good ‘win-glass’ Stuart pulpit with steps leading up to it. In the chancel is a corner piscina; the pillar is Norman and is inverted. The sedilia is a simple dropped window-sill. A well-lit church, aided by a chancel arch window.

The two villages of Holme and Hale were consolidated after the Black death had decimated the population everywhere across the country. Both village churches were dedicated to St Andrew. Hale church, the older of the two buildings, was extended whilst the church at Holme was eventually abandoned. St Andrew's church at Holme Hale as we see it today dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries although some parts of the structure are much older. The octagonal baptismal font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914138 is original and dates from the 14th century. Most of the internal woodwork, including the hammerbeam nave roof, dates from the 15th century. The pews with straight-topped ends are believed to be unique in Norfolk. Each recess has a carving, one depicting an elephant > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914125 , another a squirrel, a unicorn, a bear > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914119 , wolves, birds of prey and a grinning devil > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914127. The 15th century rood screen has two intricately carved wheels > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914113 in the tracery of its door.

The two villages of Holme and Hale were consolidated after the Black death had decimated the population everywhere across the country. Both village churches were dedicated to St Andrew. Hale church, the older of the two buildings, was extended whilst the church at Holme was eventually abandoned. St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914036 at Holme Hale as we see it today dates mainly from the 14th and 15th centuries although some parts of the structure are much older. The octagonal baptismal font > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914138 is original and dates from the 14th century. Most of the internal woodwork, including the hammerbeam nave roof, dates from the 15th century. The pews with straight-topped ends are believed to be unique in Norfolk. Each recess has a carving, one depicting an elephant > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914125 , another a squirrel, a unicorn, a bear > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914119 , wolves, birds of prey and a grinning devil > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914127. The 15th century rood screen has two intricately carved wheels > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1914113 in the tracery of its door.