St Peter and St Paul’s church seems to have been built in the early part of the 14th Century, with the tower dating to the 15th Century. Barnham Broom's greatest surviving treasure is perhaps the incomplete 15th Century roodscreen. With its beautiful medieval paintings of saints, the screen has two blank panels, as if the artists have just stepped away, and could return soon to complete their work.
The churchyard is large and slopes gently away to the west, and there are many lovely species of wildflower, including burnet saxifrage, ox eye daisy, field scabious, knapweed, field wood rush and cuckoo flower.
Other wildlife noted here include ringlet, peacock, common blue, speckled wood and meadow brown butterflies, and also barn owl, chiffchaff and nuthatch.
Best time to visit
From midsummer onwards will be the best time to see many of the lovely wildflowers in bloom, and also the delightful butterflies on the wing, in St Peter and St Paul’s churchyard.
Associated groups
St Peter and St Paul’s church is part of the Barnham Broom and Upper Yare Benefice. For more information, please visit their website
http://www.groupof15.org.uk/page/2/welcome-barnham-broom-upper-yare-group
Get involved?
For more details about any practical help needed in the churchyard, please contact the churchwarden
http://www.groupof15.org.uk/page/24/st-peter-st-pauls-church
Website
For further information on St Peter and St Paul’s church, please see the group website:
http://www.groupof15.org.uk/page/24/st-peter-st-pauls-church