Hemblington church and hall

The church where Jerome and Sarah were married ,

And the interior.

An elegant Georgian building unfortunately rather spoilt by the ruined adjacent farm buildings.

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The Saxon/Norman church where the Heath family lived for a hundred or so years and where Bishop Blomfield Anna Maria Heath married the sister of Sarah Heath (wife of Jerome) was lovely. It is solitary on high ground in the Parish of Hemblington which (since 1925) consists of that and nearby Blofield Heath (where Sarah's ancestor came from). It has a beautiful font covered in painted figures and a wall painting (the best in the country depicting St Christopher's life. The hall is large and now contains large totally separate dwellings.

Hemblington parish is a small settlement just east of the city of Norwich and north of the main A47 road between Norwich & Great Yarmouth. The parish is sparesly settled with just a straggle of farm-houses with no real centre.

All Saints church sits beside a lane just north of Hemblington Hall, it is an interesting example of a round-tower church, usually indicative of an early date. At some time the tower was probably higher and this has fallen or become dangerous as a somewhat hidden conical top now caps the tower. Despite the round-tower most of the church dates from the early 14th Century.

TG 31 SE HEMBLINGTON HEMBLINGTON HALL ROAD
(south side)
5/46
20.2.52. Hemblington Hall.

G.V. II

Farmhouse, c.1700. Red brick with steeply-pitched pantiled roofs. Two
storeys and attics; T-shaped plan. Principal facade to north : five bays,
symmetrical. Sashes with glazing bars and architraves. Rubbed skewback
arches and plain brick aprons. Central doorway with moulded and rusticated
brick door surround. Moulded brick pediment on rusticated pilasters.
Door and reveal with raised and fielded panels. Rusticated brick corner
pilasters. Two segmental headed dormers with two-light casements with
glazing bars. Parapeted gables with tumbling- in and internal chimney
stacks. C20 lean-to at east gable, partly masking window openings. Rear
wing probably slightly later; three window range of C19 casements with
segmental heads. Lobby entrance plan with central axial stack and doorway
with plain wooden surround and canopy. Plain corner pilasters. Two C20
gabled dormers.
Listing NGR: TG3514011313
Source: English Heritage