The chancel stalls date from the 14th
century and are known to have been under construction in
1375-6. The carvings include the heads of the Black Prince
and Henry Despenser, Bishop of Norwich and the arms of
several notable Norfolk families. Behind the stalls are
intricately carved 14th and 15th
century oak screens. An Elizabethan screen, formerly at
the entrance to the chancel, is now built in to the organ
loft and the nave has a fine pulpit of 1745, only survivor
of the furnishings by Matthew Ward of Bury for
Brettingham's rebuilt nave. The font cover of 1875 is a
memorial contribution to the 1873-5 Restoration, as is the
magnificent reredos by G F Bodley, erected in 1899 but
planned many years before.
See more about our carvings on the Green
Man East Anglia Web-site.