Wall painting of the Virgin Mary at Great Hochkam church

Great Hockham, Holy Trinity

A church covered in wall paintings including a Annunciation over the chancel. We’re building bespoke bat boxes to help prevent damage to the paintings.

A painted rood screen showing King David in a gold crown and carrying a harp

Thornham, All Saints

A busy church on the north Norfolk coast. We’re creating bespoke bat boxes to contain the colony of around 200 Pipistrelle bats.

The top of a round tower with a small window, the tower is surrounded by cherry blossom

Gayton Thorpe, St Mary’s

A rural, round towered church with one of the largest Pipistrelle bat roosts of any church in Norfolk.

The corner of a square, Norman font carved with a stylised animals head looking directly at the camera

Toftrees, All Saints

A small, rural church containing one of the most spectacular Norman fonts in the country, where we’re carrying out major works to protect the church from bat damage.

Conservator sitting on a scaffold examining a wall painting

Hardwick, St Margaret

Home to a stunning St Christopher, and a small colony of Pipistrelle bats. We’re building external bat boxes to contain the roost and commissioning a survey of the wall painting.

A two light window filled with stained glass of local wildlife

Guestwick, St Peter

A fascinating church with beautful staned glass. We’re building new internal bat boxes to reduce the damage from bats inside the church.

A tall stone tower surrounded by poppies

Swanton Morley, All Saints

A landmark 14th century church in the Wensum valley with a large roost of Natterer’s bats, where we’ve created new enclosed roost boxes in the chancel roof. .