Church Of Holy Innocents

The Church of Holy Innocents is a Grade I listed building located on Hindolveston Road in Foulsham. It features a mid-14th century chancel, a late 15th century nave, aisles, and a tower, constructed from flint, random rubble, ashlar, and render, topped with pantiled roofs. The tower consists of four stages, with diagonal buttresses and a flush work base, a battlemented parapet adorned with crocketed pinnacles, and a west door displaying the arms of Lord Morley, dating from around 1500, along with the arms of France and England in the spandrel panels.

The west window is in the Perpendicular style, with a griddled bell opening above it. A polygonal attached stair turret is located on the north-east side. The north aisle features a blocked north door, buttresses, and four three-light Perpendicular windows, as well as a reticulated window on the south side. The south porch has angle buttresses, a blocked 14th century doorway, and a window. The south aisle contains late Perpendicular windows and buttresses.

The chancel is distinguished by curvilinear windows and diagonal buttresses with gable heads, along with a blocked door and a priests' door to the north. The east window, designed by C. A. Gibbs, was added in the 19th century. The clerestory of the nave and chancel is late Perpendicular. The roofs of the chancel and nave were rebuilt and tiled in 1771 following a fire in 1770. The nave features a plaster ceiling with patera, and the tower arch, dating from the 15th century, includes a ringing gallery.

The first two bays of the north arcade are from the 13th century, with circular piers, capitals, and abaci, possibly raised to align with the later 15th century work that has polygonal projections. The south arcade is in the Perpendicular style with octagonal piers. The chancel arch is decorated, and there are fragments of 14th century stained glass in the eastern chancel windows. The sedilia and piscina are mainly from the 19th century, and the font, in the Perpendicular style, dates from after the fire.

In the chancel, there is a monument to Sir Thomas Hunt, who died in 1616, featuring three depressed arches with Sir Thomas and his wives kneeling beneath them. Additionally, oak linenfold panels in a 19th century frame are located on the east chancel wall, referencing Reverend Thomas Quarles MA, RN, and his work "History and Antiquities of Foulsham," published in 1842.