Welcome to the spring edition of Society’s latest quarterly magazine – The Round Tower. The 32-page full colour edition contains news and features about the Round Tower Churches Society, including details of the summer tours and the forthcoming annual meeting. … Continued
A starring role for a round tower church in a newly-released film was a pleasant surprise, writes Michael Pollitt. In the opening scenes of Armando Iannucci’s The Personal History of David Copperfield, starring Dev Patel, a round tower church takes … Continued
Chief movie location scout Harriet Lawrence has picked her “magnificent seven” round tower churches. She came to East Anglia two years ago to scout locations for the recently-released film, “The Personal History of David Copperfield,” which has won much praise … Continued
An estimated four tonnes of flint and material has fallen from the tower of St Mary’s, Kirby Bedon. The church, which is about 50 yards from St Andrew’s where Sunday service was taking place on February 9, 2020. Peter de … Continued
A landmark church in the Waveney Valley celebrates special occasions by switching on its floodlights. It has become increasingly popular and raises funds for the 900-year-old grade 1-listed All Saints Church, Thorpe Abbotts. Simon Beet, secretary to the parochial church … Continued
Two Broadland round tower churches have been awarded a total of £8,000 by the Society. The Round Tower Churches Society gave £5,000 in December 2019 to St Mary’s, Surlingham, near Norwich, towards the estimated £140,000 repair programme. It has a … Continued
It was a brilliant early Christmas present for a North Norfolk round tower church but the gift could not be unwrapped for almost two months. When the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £140,900 to All Saints, Gresham, it could not be … Continued
Father Philip, who was ordained priest at Chelmsford Cathedral on September 21, 1969, is an honorary chaplain to the Norfolk Churches Trust and chaplain to the Round Tower Churches Society. He is a trustee and chaplain of the Friends of … Continued
Thefts of lead from Norfolk’s churches have halved in the past two years – thanks to the roof alarm scheme. A £250,000 fund has enabled 70 of the most vulnerable churches to be protected by the Roof Alarm Scheme. Initially, … Continued
Three round tower churches have been awarded a total of almost £15,000 by the Norfolk Churches Trust. A grant of £10,000 was made at the conservation charity’s latest quarterly meeting towards urgent repairs to the tower of SS Peter and … Continued