The parish of Intwood lies roughly 3 1/2 miles southwest of the city of Norwich and sits approximately a mile east of the busy A11 road which connects Norwich on to Thetford & London. The parish incorporated the smaller neighbouring parish of Keswick, a mile further east, when the latter's church became ruinous in the 15th century with all vital events recorded for both parishes in Intwood's registers. There is very little to modern Intwood, no defined village as such, just a collection of farms and cottages centred on the estate of Intwood Hall. The Gresham family first built a hall here in 1560 but that building has been demolished, a new hall being constructed in the early 19th century; the walled gardens, however, remain from the 16th century as does a gazebo. As an estate village, with most land in the hands of a single landowner, inbound migration could be discouraged and no village developed accordingly. The economy of the parish would have been defined by the needs of the estate and like most Norfolk parishes would have been based upon arable farming. Today Intwood sits rather close to the expanding city and in recent times the Norwich Southern Bypass has carved its route through to the north of hall and church, beyond it lies the ever expanding suburbs of Cringleford which surely, in time, may come to threaten Intwood's rural peace.

All Saints' church sits on the western side of a triangular junction and is just a few hundred yards south of the bridge across the dual-carriageway of the bypass. The presence of a round tower immediately alerts to an ancient church and All Saints does not disappoint, Pevsner dates the basal section of the tower to the 12th century in a Norman Romanesque style; the polygonal topping is a 15th century addition in the Perpendicular style. While there is Norman masonry within the fabric of the nave the style of window tracery indicates that the main body was largely rebuilt during the Decorated period of the early 14th century. Also of this period is the southern porch which was added at that time. The church, however, received a significant Victorian restoration, in this case it was in 1852 and most of the external and internal detailing dates from that restoration which also added a vestry to the north and replaced the east window with one in a Perpendicular style of three-lights. A triangular patch fills the junction and permits a single car to park, the church is elevated relative to road level with a flight of steps rising through wooden gates into the churchyard. That churchyard is compact and tightly bordered with thick trees making for a tricky challenge for the photographer to adequately capture the best views of the church.