The parish of Little Plumstead lies in eastern Norfolk about 6 miles east of the city of Norwich. Little Plumstead sits roughly 2 1/2 miles north of the A47 road which connects Norwich with the port of Great Yarmouth. The original village of Little Plumstead has been much transformed by commuter growth over recent years and is merely one of a series of settlements along what would once have been the southern edge of Mousehold Heath. Mousehold Heath is an extensive area of sands and gravels deposited during the ice ages and which had poor agricultural merit, much being left to bracken & broom. Today with modern machinery arable fields dominate the area and the Heath is a mere remnant within the city of Norwich's outer ring road. Much of the southern portion of the parish is domonated by the former mental health hospital of Little Plumstead Hall which is being repurposed into modern housing in the early 21st century following a fire in 2016.

St Gervase & St Protase's church lies in the former grounds of Little Plumstead Hall. The dedication is said to be unique in England and refers to early 2nd century Christian martyrs who are patron saints of Milan and also of hay-makers, rather appropriate for this arable area. The presence of a round tower immediately alerts to an early church and this is no exception, Pevsner states the tower as being Norman and 12th century albeit the top was rebuilt in the 19th century. Also Norman he highlights the inner arch of the northern doorway, the hood-mould above the southern doorway and many parts of the masonry for the nave. He tentatively dates the nave to 1120 & the tower to 1150. Much else was changed and probably rebuilt during mid-Victorian restorations of 1851 including most of the windows. The church sits to the south of Hospital Road accessed through modern mock-Tudor housing, a large car-park awaits. Whilst a substantial evergreen masks much of the western tower views are not otherwise impeded for photography.