The very lovely St Andrew's Church, Brettenham, Norfolk

This lovely church is St Andrew, and lies between the tiny villages of Brettenham and Shadwell. Just across the Suffolk border in the fine county of Norfolk. Big open area with no nasty trees! Enjoy.

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Nice vid :+1:

That’s a Norman church for sure, looks like it dates back to the 13th century.

From what I learn’t it was indeed built around 1300, possibly on the site of an old Saxon church. It burn’t down in 1693, then was partially rebuilt, then demolished and totally rebuilt in 1852 with the only remaining Norman bits being the base of the tower and the Norman door.

Here’s a more detailed history:
St-Andrew’s-Church-Brettenham - Norfolk Heritage Explorer

Cheers. There is a little bit about Shadwell Court here on Wikipedia. You get a glimps of it at the very end on the video. Would make a nice building to film.