English Heritage sites near Dilham Parish
COW TOWER, NORWICH
12 miles from Dilham Parish
One of the earliest purpose-built artillery blockhouses in England, this brick tower was built in c.1398-9 to command a strategic point in Norwich’s city defence.
CAISTER ROMAN FORT
14 miles from Dilham Parish
The partial excavated remains of a Roman ‘Saxon Shore’ fort, including wall and ditch sections and building foundations.
BACONSTHORPE CASTLE
15 miles from Dilham Parish
Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.
BERNEY ARMS WINDMILL
15 miles from Dilham Parish
Visit one of Norfolk's best and largest extant marsh mills, built to grind a constituent of cement and in use until 1948, finally pumping water to drain surrounding marshland.
BURGH CASTLE ROMAN FORT
16 miles from Dilham Parish
The imposing stone walls, with added towers for catapults, of a Roman 3rd century ‘Saxon Shore’ fort. Enjoy panoramic views over Breydon Water, into which the fourth wall long since collapsed.
GREAT YARMOUTH ROW HOUSES AND GREYFRIARS' CLOISTERS
17 miles from Dilham Parish
Enjoy a rare trip back in time at this Norfolk visitor attraction. The delightful Row Houses at Row 111 and the Old Merchant’s House are rare remnants of Great Yarmouth’s original distinctive ‘Rows’.
Churches in Dilham Parish
Dilham: St Nicholas
Church Road
Dilham
North Walsham
Norfolk
07902 447821
Welcome to St Nicholas Dilham, do visit our church or join us for one of our services
St Nicholas’ church has had a sad and calamitous history, but with a successful outcome. It is visible off in the fields from the North Walsham Road A149 . Throughout the 18th century cracks in the tower foretold of impending disaster; the fabric of this lovely little church was dilapidate. The medieval building was demolished in the 18th century and replaced with a new building. This appears to have been done on the cheap, and 19th century additions and elaborations, like the round tower, could not prolong its life. So, it was demolished and completely rebuilt, the stump retained as a baptistery. So we see that in 1775 a bold attempt was made to restore the tower. It was poorly made and in 1835 had to be pulled down after 450 years of standing. It was replaced with a Round Tower, which after 70 years fell. In 1931 it was reduced to a ground floor Baptistery. There is a truncated round tower, and as you get closer you can see the clean lines and unknapped flint that indicates that there was a rebuild which took place as a rebuild in the 1930s.
When you know this, you can see at once the clean 1930s lines, the Gothic revival stripped of all Victorian neuroses. Inside and out, there is a modernistic simplicity to this articulate rendering of Norfolk vernacular; even the angel roof is understated. St Nicholas’ successfully combines this simplicity with an air of ‘Anglo-catholic’ devotion. The stations of the cross, are displayed around the church walls. Survivals from the old church include a medieval font and the organ, and a large piece of lead set in a wooden frame. It has a long Latin inscription on it, it mentions the demolition of the old west end and the building of the round tower in 1835.
The bell in a turret in the SW corner was cast by John Brend in Norwich in 1653 (The Commonwealth period). The font is partially medieval, the topmost part being new and jointed in.
A memorial takes pride of place on the north wall. The east window is in memory of Canon John Lawrence Vicar for 57 years. The church and churchyard are lovingly cared for.
Pubs in Dilham Parish
Cross Keys
The Street, Dilham, NR28 9PS
(01692) 536398
crosskeysdilham.co.uk