The parish of Barnham Broom lies in central Norfolk about 5 miles northwest of the market town of Wymondham. Barnham Broom is a large crossroads village situated in the upper Yare valley about one mile north of the B1108 road which connects the city of Norwich through to Watton & Hingham. Barnham Broom is surrounded by a sweep of smaller parishes but its land covers a large stretch of the Yare valley and associated southern slopes making for a varied farming scene. The floodplain of the Yare provided pastures, as well as an important flour mill, whilst on higher ground the normal arable production can be found. To the north of the village Bickerston Bridge, an 18th century construction crosses the Yare and leads to the golf course and country club which provides employment for today's residents.

St Peter & St Paul's church stands on the northern edge of the village on the eastern side of Honingham Road as it heads for the above-mentioned bridge. The church is almost wholly Perpendicular but changed by the usual Victorian adjustments. There is dating evidence from documentary sources for the tower having been built during the 1430s and this seems a credible date for most of the original fabric. The church follows the standard design of that era of nave, chancel & western tower. The restoration which replaced most windows, albeit keeping the Perpendicular style, took place in the early 1850s and also replaced most internal fittings. The church is set back from the road along an unsurfaced track and opposite the typical flat and large Norfolk arable fields, there is ample room for parking on this farm track. A curving pathway leads into the churchyard, a veritable forest of trees surround the church tightly with only that western tower protruding, as a result there is no possible angle for adequately capturing the landscape profile of the building.