Highly skilled masons created what has been described as one of the best examples of late Norman architecture in England. Well it baffled me until I remembered that one of Britain’s best-known catfoods is - “Felix”!So who was St Felix?

Diese zeigten auc… A more comprehensive rebuilding took place between 1855-6 with the chancel being almost completely rebuilt.
Both nave and chancel arches have decorative moulding only on the side facing the congregation. D'Albini was extremely wealthy thanks to an advantageous marriage to Adeliza of Louvain, widow of Henry I, and he poured his wealth into the church. The Castle Rising font is a fine example. Die Annahme, er stamme noch aus römischer Zeit, wurde durch Ausgrabungen widerlegt. So why is it so ill-regarded?The answer surely is in the extent of its restoration. The underside of the tower is beautifully vaulted with diagonal ribs, carved with a double chevron design. The lych gate was erected by public subscription after her death in 1877. Die zwölf Acres (rund 4,8 Hektar) Grundfläche umfassende Burganlage besteht aus der gut erhaltenen Ruine eines Keeps aus dem 12. So here I am again in my favourite role of championing the unfashionable and unregarded. We know this because a drawing of the church in 1811 shows a large rather grim rectangular window set within an even larger blocked round-headed space and with no sign of the current window design. Get in touch 01485540587. Building of the castle was begun in 1138 by the Norman lord William d'Albini for his new wife, the widow of Henry I.

For more about this click Anyone who has ever consulted the website British Listed Buildings Online For Castle Rising, however, the site makes a rare excursion into speculation! There is also a suggestion that Siegbehrt himself went to Canterbury having landed first in Babingley sheltering from a storm. I’m no great fan of Victorian restoration but this is one of many churches that would otherwise have fallen down and I think it very sad that the original features that have been thus preserved are are somehow tainted in some minds by - er - being allowed to stand up! East Anglia had lapsed into apostasy following the murder of King Eorpwald. Castle Rising, Lynn Road, Kings Lynn, Norfolk, PE31 6AH One of the largest, best preserved and most lavishly decorated keeps in England, surrounded by 20 acres of mighty earthworks. He may have been Bishop of Chalons and he may have associated himself with St Columba who at this point had exiled himself from Ireland to Frankia. He died in AD647 or 648.It seems that his arrival in East Anglia by sea to Babingley owes more to legend than to documentary evidence. The commentator clearly implies that there is a link so obvious between three cats (if they are cats) on a font and St Felix  that he doesn’t need to explain it. Other blocked windows and old rooflines tell a sorry tale of centuries of architectural mistreatment and neglect. This points to there having been two phases in the life of the nave during the Norman era. It was designed by GE Street, and not a terribly good example of his work.The chancel was rebuilt in the 13th century in the then-fashionable Early English style, with three lancet windows over the altar.Look for the stained glass window on the west wall, installed by Mary Howard in memory of her husband, Fulk Greville Howard, who paid for much of the Victorian restoration. Der Wall stammt etwa aus der gleichen Zeit wie der Wohnturm und ist – wenn überhaupt – nicht viel älter als dieser. He was a monk in Burgundy, a territory then ruled by the Franks (and don’t forget that Angles as well as the Saxons were of the same race) although nobody really knows his “nationality”. Another interesting memorial is to Florence Bagot, daughter of the Bishop of Oxford, who died in 1840 at the age of just 21.From at least 1291 the parish of Castle Rising was a 'Peculiar'; that is, it was free of control by the Bishop of Norwich. Just looking at the everyday logic of it, Babingley is in the far north of East Anglia. For example, the rector of Rising had his own court for the probate of wills, with his own seal of office.Most people come to Castle Rising to see the imposing Norman castle, and that's understandable, but don't leave without taking the short stroll from the castle to St Lawrence Church.Nearest Accommodation to Castle Rising, St Lawrence Church:Stunning UK prints for sale by award-winning photographer David Ross, editor of Britain Express, the UK Travel and Heritage Guide. I believe that it has some of the finest Norman art in England. Siegbehrt himself was a son or stepson of King Raedwald who we know to have been buried at Sutton Hoo far to the south in Suffolk and we know that the political capital of the kingdom was Rendlesham.

St Felix is In describing the font it says: “...that to south (decorated) with three cats (St Felix, died AD648, by one tradition is said to have started his mission to East Anglia c630 at Babingley 1.5km to north)”. Why would Felix have gone so far north? The supremely ornate west front, with its multi-layered blind arcading, grotesque carved heads, and richly decorated window openings, is a triumph of Norman art. Some experts think that the apse was a Norman addition to an original two-celled church such as Anyway, St Laurence was surely later. Mary Howard is remembered by the lych gate at the western entrance to the churchyard. The west face is carved with what appear to be three grinning cats. Well as far as I can see nothing whatsoever. The south side, on the other hand has several round headed windows but these were installed during the second phase of restoration of 1841-6. More unusually, there are attractive mouldings around the interior arches suggesting that they were very early c13. The original carvings on the west end are of a quality commensurate with those at The church was a three celled affair with a central tower separating nave and square-ended chancel. Connect with us on Facebook. Within its grounds the remains of an even earlier church have been found. He is credited by Bede with bringing East Anglia back to Christianity under Siegberht’s patronage. Confusingly, the west end interior has two blocked Norman window spaces whilst the exterior is a mass of decorative carving. Castle Rising is most famous, of course, for its castle. If you don’t think so then let me add that part of that legend is that he was rescued from shipwreck by a colony of beavers.

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