Architectural Features
3-light transomed west window of c.1470.
3-light aisle east window of c.1470.
Clerestory added c.1470 of 5 2-light 4-centred windows with continuous hood moulds (only 4 clerestory windows to north).
Lower first stage south has late C12 Norman door blocked with flint
TM0381 : South Lopham: St. Andrew's Church: Blocked Norman north doorway detail
2-light mid C14 lozenge tracery window.
Base on north of knapped flint with one C13 lancet.
C15 flushwork crenellated parapet.
North nave wall pierced by tall 2-light C15 panel tracery window at east.
Blocked north door c,1150 : One order shafts with single incised scalloped cushion capitals and squared imposts carrying zig-zag arch below billet arch.
To west again one double splayed Anglo-Saxon circular window of mid Cll.
TM0381 : South Lopham: St. Andrew's Church: The round Saxon window in the north nave wall
False hammerbeam nave roof of c.1470, the wall plate and hammerbeam both crenellated.
C14 font with traceried panels to bowl and stem.
The earliest part of St Andrew's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1576432 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1576456 is Saxon and the little round window near the north-west corner of the building, high up on the wall, dates from this time. The magnificent tower - it is 20 metres high and the largest Norman church tower in East Anglia - was completed around 1120, in Norman times. It is believed that it was probably built by William Bigod, Earl of Norfolk, who gave the church into the care of the Monks of Thetford Priory. The chancel, as we see it today, was added in the 14th century > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1576459. During the 15th century the nave roof was heightened and some the carved bench ends > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1576468 under the tower date from this time. The stained glass window in the lady chapel > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1576483 commemorates Lopham's traditional industry of linen weaving. The C14 octagonal font is decorated with carved tracery patterns. The font cover dates from the 17th century. South Lopham church is in fact dedicated to St Nicholas but has been known as St Andrew's church since 1829, when a history book mistakenly described it as such.
C17 crown cover with baluster finial.
C15 aisle roof of tie beams on arched braces.