Church Of St Cuthbert

The Church of St Cuthbert is a parish church located in Thetford, with origins dating back to the early 13th century, with further developments in the 15th century and later. The west tower was rebuilt after its collapse in 1851, and the north aisle was added in 1902. The church is constructed from whole pebbles, flint, and ashlar dressings, topped with slate roofs. It features a west tower, nave, aisles, and chancel.

The tower is three stages high, with set-back stepped buttresses. The ground stage includes a cusped lancet window, while the ringing chamber has a four-petal window with square spandrels, and the belfry features two-light windows. A plain parapet and string courses separate the storeys. The south aisle has three two-light windows and a gabled south porch, while there are four clerestory windows on both the north and south sides. An arched doorway is located at the west end of the north aisle. The aisles contain two three-light panel-tracery windows and two two-light windows. The chancel is illuminated by one 19th-century lancet and one two-light renewed plate-tracery window, along with a three-light east window from the 19th century.

Inside, there are four bays in the north arcade and five in the south arcade, all supported by octagonal piers and featuring double-chamfered arches. The west bay of the nave and the entire north side were completed in 1902. The chancel arch is double wave-moulded, and the roofs are of a plain purlin and rafter type with arched braces to the wall posts. The chancel roof, similar in style, dates from 1882. Notable interior features include a double late 13th-century piscina with trefoil cusping and a hood mould, as well as a square 11th-century font bowl with incised arcading around the rim, which stands on a later octagonal shaft.