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Bishop Salmon's porch is a fifteenth-century stone structure located in Norfolk, England, forming part of the ecclesiastical architecture of the period. The porch is associated with Bishop Salmon, a notable figure in the ecclesiastical history of East Anglia during the late medieval period, and represents the kind of architectural patronage exercised by senior clergy of that era. The structure exemplifies the construction techniques and stylistic conventions of Perpendicular Gothic architecture as applied to ecclesiastical buildings in Norfolk during the fifteenth century.
Bishop Salmon's porch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004030. View the official record →
Bishop Salmon's porch is a fifteenth-century stone structure located in Norfolk, England, forming part of the ecclesiastical architecture of the period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004030.
Bishop Salmon's porch is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004030.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'Woodhenge', Arminghall (3 km), Late Neolithic or Bronze Age Henge type monument and D shaped enclosure 300m west of Twins Farm (3.7 km), Barrow cemetery 450m N of Markshall Farm (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bishop Salmon's porch's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Bishop Salmon's porch stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.