Architectural Features
Round west tower with C13 octagonal bell stage with tall single lancet in each face.
C15 two-storey south porch
Nave windows generally of early C14 with cusped 'Y' tracery, some restored.
C16 rood stair turret at south east corner of nave with flint with brick quoins, and elongated quatrefoil openings.
C15 north porch of knapped and galleted flint with polygonal stair turret at north east angle.
Doorway with carved spandrels : kneeling figures with rosaries, possibly the donors.
C15 screen with 2-light divisions with ogee heads in two tiers.
Very fine C15 octagonal font on two steps, the upper one decorated with quatrefoils and an inscription giving the date 1410.
St Edmund's church has a Norman round tower with a bell stage dating from the same time. The church has been restored > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817195 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817200 but some medieval survivals remain, the probably most noteworthy being the 15th century font, the inscription of which gives the precise date of 1410 > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817212 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817214. The rood screen dado panels are painted red and green and bear the stencilled monogram of St Edmund > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817202 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817204. Another treasure of this church is a large graffito across the north chancel wall which dates from a time when many villagers were killed by the then raging pestilence. Having been restored, the script is now protected behind glass > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817209. Beneath it a brass to Thomas Stone, who was vicar here during the reign of James I, has been mounted on the wall > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/817211. This is the only 17th century brass to a minister in Norfolk. The church is open every day. For more information see: http://www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/acle/acle.htm
Stem carved with four lions and four wild men.
The panels of the bowl carved with the Trinity, four angels, a Pieta and angels with the Instruments of the Passion and the Evangelistic symbols.