English Flint Church Playset - Trewell Common

Trewell Common - English Flint Church Pack - STL

Hidden away in the Norfolk countryside was Trewell common. It doesn't exist anymore, but it did before.

A range of 3D printable buildings and scenery, forming a fantasy village based on buildings from English heritage and East Anglian life.

Learn more about East Anglian heritage here.

Forming a huge part of the landscape, heritage, and culture of the East Anglian countryside, erected to serve the local parishes all over the land and to watch over the people. They have taken many forms and sizes; they have been rebuilt and altered across the centuries however they endure as a testament to the communities they were the centre of.

As with all structures of the time they were made from local materials, which in East Anglia is predominantly flint. This material forms a rough textured skin and can be dressed to form a flat black glassy finish. These would have wooden framed roofs and would often have been thatched but later converted to tiles when there was availability.

The churches range from small structures to towering edifices and can be seen from mile away. The characteristic towers stem from the Norman invasion. Erected as part of the socio-political conquest of the Anglo-Saxons these buildings spread the message that the Normans were here to stay and they were indeed favoured by god. Over the reign of 4 kings over 7,000 churches were built across the land, of these about a quarter remain to the present day and around 2,000 original Norman churches can still be visited today.

The towers are usually attached to the main church, square in shape and stepped up to the top. There are however exceptions to this for example in Little Snoring, Dereham, West Walton, Beccles and Bramfield (all within East Anglia) the tower is separated from the main church building. Also, in East Anglia there is a high concentration of churches with round towers.

These models are designed for 28mm tabletop gaming and take an approximate scale of 1/50.

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This STL file set is designed for FDM Printers and prints with a 0.4mm nozzle at 0.2mm layer heightSupports are not needed for these models.

The printed model measures approx.:

287mm x 131mm x 230mm @28mm Scale

These models are designed for 28mm tabletop and RPG games such as:

Dungeons & Dragons, Warhammer Fantasy Battle, Warhammer AOS, Frostgrave, pike and shotte, Confrontation, War of the Roses, Bolt Action, Song of Ice and Fire, Lord of the Rings, Runewars, Conquest, Oathmark, Marlborough's Wars, Malifaux, Banelegions, Kings of war.

We have taken inspiration from buildings and locations in our local area and pay homage to our local heritage.

If you wish to re-scale these files then see our blog post ‘A note on scales’ for more details.

Some of the images supplied are computer generated and are for reference. They are images of the files that will be 3D printed.

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