night flying things   Norfolk Gargoyles - 3 night flying things  

This page:  Go to top of pageTop   Go to index list of gargoyle buildingsIndex   Go to start of gargoyle photosPics   Go to bottom of pageBottom   Other pages: Click or scroll below or here
Gargoyle (or guttering or flintwork) photos on this page:

Here Be More Narfuk Gargoyles

Quick Help: - to see more help topics than shown, use small scroll bar or click inside scroll area below then page down and when finished click outside that area to return to main page.

Burnham Thorpe, All Saints, north Norfolk, UK.

Lord Horatio Nelson's home village church. Very pretty church inside and outside, admirable flintwork, worth a look round inside. Four gargoyles, classic Norfolk heads, high up on tower and hard to see (especially on a dull day with a small camera). You can see the life-long marine connection for Nelson, it's easily walkable to Burnham Overy Staithe and the sea where he spent much of his time as a boy. When we walked it, huge skeins of geese were honking overhead in the winter air. Nice church, nice village, nice area, ace pub, not far from the sea and some haunting bird filled mudflats, I could live here no problem. Photos Dec? 2001 (happy snapper 70mm lens)

A very pretty church...

The church from the rear, the village is off to the left, excellent pub.   The inside of the church, too pretty to leave out.   Church tower from left hand (north west) side  

Sorry the gargoyle pics are so poor - don't even bother clicking on them - see the phototips page and guess what I did wrong (everything!).

North west gargoyle head   North east gargoyle head   South east gargoyle head   South east gargoyle head   South west gargoyle head   South west gargoyle head   Go to top of pageTop  Go to index list of gargoyle buildingsIndex  

Docking, St Mary, north Norfolk, UK.

Classic big Norfolk church but with big blue clock. Four gargoyles, classic Norfolk heads, on tower. Photos Dec? 2001 (28-200mm lens)

Church taken from road   Whole church tower, quite a big one   Top of tower showing gargoyle positions  
Number 1 gargoyle at Docking   Number 2 gargoyle at Docking   Number 3 gargoyle at Docking   Number 4 gargoyle at Docking   Go to top of pageTop  Go to index list of gargoyle buildingsIndex  

Mileham, St John the Baptist, north Norfolk, UK

Four or more gargoyles, massive looking accentuated features, remarkable. These are really "in your face" and pretty ugly. Unusually, the tower is built to one side of church (or vice versa), making an odd but attractive building. Many thanks to "Raffertytwo" for an email explaining why, and I quote:

"..., the church is dedicated to St John the Baptist parts of which date back to 1043. The chancel points towards Jerusalem and was built by the owners of Mileham castle. At the back of the church there is a stained glass window showing St. John the Baptist and St Catherine dated about 1340. This window has recently been renovated and is one of a handful of top class medieval windows in the country - in fact comparable to work in York Minster! The tower is separate from the church so as not to cast shadow over the window - it was/is that important. The window is said to have been save during the reformation by being whitewashed by the villagers.". Photos May 2001 (500mm lens)

Mileham gargoyle 1, no pipe   Mileham gargoyle 2   Mileham gargoyle 3, from right side   Mileham gargoyle 3 from left side   Go to top of pageTop  Go to index list of gargoyle buildingsIndex  
This page:  Go to top of pageTop   Go to index list of gargoyle buildingsIndex   Go to start of gargoyle photosPics   Go to bottom of pageBottom   Other pages: Click or scroll below or here
last updated 12may02