Its mediaeval round tower collapsed in 1882 and a vestry was built in its place.

[5] The roof is thatched and the church contains a number of unusual carved bench ends.

[6] In 1969 the poet George Barker, who lived at nearby Itteringham, published a poem called At Thurgarton Church.

[citation needed] Thurgarton Hall, an eighteenth-century red-brick Georgian house, is situated next to the church and was once home to the Bacon family.

[8] A Victorian wing and several brick barns were built in the nineteenth century.