St Brandon’s stands beside the towers of Brancepeth Castle, and for centuries it was famous for its extraordinary seventeenth-century woodwork. A fire in 1998 gutted the church and destroyed almost all of it; the building has since been restored and reroofed, and is open again for visitors. It’s free to go in. A few miles south-west of Durham, so easiest reached by car.
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