The North Porch

 

From the church into the north porch, built around 1330. Later, an upper floor was built; this involved hacking away at the magnificently decorated entrance to the church.

Either side of the door to the exterior is a door, hiding spiral staircases to the upper floor. Pilgrims came to the upper floor to venerate a relic - St. Wulfram's arm.

The casket which had contained the arm was sold at the Reformation but we have no record what happened to the arm. The Friends of St. Wulfram's Church transformed the porch into our Visitor Centre with display boards and touchscreen telling the history of St. Wulfram's church and showing some of its points of interest.

"The Friends" commissioned the painting of the Royal Arms to celebrate the 80th birthday of Queen Elizabeth II.