CHURCH OF ST PETER
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1152619
- Date first listed:
- 07-Dec-1959
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- South Norfolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Forncett
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 16494 92826
Details
1.
5321 FORNCETT CHURCH ROAD
Forncett St Peter
Church of St Peter
TM 19 SE 8/1 7.12.59
I GV
2.
C11, C14 and C15. Saxon round west tower with circular openings half way
up and near top, 2-light bell-openings with arched and triangular heads and
recessed central shafts.
Tall nave with clerestory and north and south aisles, with Perpendicular
windows. Chancel with some herringbone flushwork and Perpendicular windows.
windows. porch with flushwork panelling. Materials: flint with stone dressings
and slate roofs.
Interior: Three bay arcades, late C14. C15 roof with embattled tiebeams
and arched braces. Good bench ends with poppy-heals and figures, possibly
C15, restored C19, or wholly 1857 (Pevsner). Jacobean pulpit. C15 octagonal
font. Alabaster tomb-chest Thomas Drake 1485 and wife with cusped panelled
sides with shields and incised effigies on top slab.
The churchyard contains some C18 head stones.
Listing NGR: TM1649492826
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 225367
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North West and South Norfolk, (1962)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
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