Extensive polychrome wall paintings were noticed during restoration in 1996, and it soon became evident that they were of major significance.
Romanesque wall paintings are very rare, and certain aspects of the iconography, particularly the quatrefoil cross on God’s knee on the east wall, have given rise to a date of around 1090, or late 11th century.

The best-preserved scheme is on the east wall, which depicts the Last Judgment.
Over the arch of the chancel we see the Trinity, comprising Father, Son and Holy Spirit, set within a triple mandorla.
Beneath and to the left are the souls of the saved, and to the right, probably the souls of the damned (one seemingly wearing a crown).

Further down and to the left are a well-preserved set of figures holding scrolls, which might be construed as apostles or saints, and to the right a badly damaged matching group of figures that some have interpreted as demons, but which may represent the remaining six apostles, making twelve in all.
 Beneath and to the left is a scene depicting the Raising of the Dead.
Extensive polychrome wall paintings were noticed during restoration in 1996, and it soon became evident that they were of major significance. Romanesque wall paintings are very rare, and certain aspects of the iconography, particularly the quatrefoil cross on God’s knee on the east wall, have given rise to a date of around 1090, or late 11th century.
The best-preserved scheme is on the east wall, which depicts the Last Judgment. Over the arch of the chancel we see the Trinity, comprising Father, Son and Holy Spirit, set within a triple mandorla. Beneath and to the left are the souls of the saved, and to the right, probably the souls of the damned (one seemingly wearing a crown).
Further down and to the left are a well-preserved set of figures holding scrolls, which might be construed as apostles or saints, and to the right a badly damaged matching group of figures that some have interpreted as demons, but which may represent the remaining six apostles, making twelve in all.  Beneath and to the left is a scene depicting the Raising of the Dead.
Houghton on the Hill, Norfolk