The parish of Framingham Earl lies about 5 miles southeast of the city of Norwich and sits in lanes just south of the A146 road which connects Norwich and the Suffolk market town of Beccles. Framingham Earl is a tiny parish of just 500 acres, making it one of the smaller rural parishes in the county and its population barely reached 3 figures. Today Framingham Earl has almost been engulfed by its larger neighbour Poringland, a growing suburb and commuter village for the nearby city. Framingham earl would have largely been an agricultural place and despite the nearby modern developments that still dominates the local scene today.

St Andrew's church sits on the southern side of the road from Poringland to Yelverton and nestles in a well-screened wooded site. One's eyes are naturally drawn to the round tower, a Norman feature but Pevsner states "not early". The nave, too, is Norman and makes use of some remarkably large local flints for its cornerstones. Despite this antiquity the chancel is yet older and probably remains from the Saxon predecessor. Excavations have revealed the presence of an apse which, during the Early English Gothic era, was removed and made a straight end. As is usual there were modifications and renovations in the 19th century leaving the church as we find it today. The site is screened by mature trees but a lychgate grants access through them, the church is rather hemmed in from the north by those trees but the churchyard opens out to the south giving adequate photographic views.