Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1283860
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1283860
- Date first listed:
- 01-Sept-1953
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- East Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- St. Peter, South Elmham
- National Grid Reference:
- TM 33595 84809
Details
SOUTH ELMHAM, ST PETER TM 38 SW
4/83 Church of St Peter
1.9.53
- II*
Parish church. C12 and C14. Nave, chancel, south porch and west tower. Rubble flint to nave and chancel; stone dressings; slate roofs. 2-light. C14 and C15 windows to nave; Y-tracery windows to south side of chancel, none on north. The 3-light east window has intersecting tracery. Blocked north door.way to nave. Small tower in 4 stages, in rubble flint with an mixture of stone and red brick; diagonal buttresses at the west end with diagonal chequerwork in stone and flint to the bases and chequerwork panelling to the faces; battlemented and panelled parapet; 4 wide single-light windows to the top stage. Simple with diagonal buttresses and the remains of flushwork panels on the front. A single-light trefoil-headed window to each side, and remains of a holy water stoup. A plain Norman south doorway with one order of shafts, cushion capitals, and undecorated abaci. Simple interior, with C19 benches, pulpit, and lectern, and boarded replacement roof to chancel. Nave roof in 4 bays, with arched braces, and collars up to the apex of triangular form; carved motifs at the intersection ofpurlins and principals. High western tower arch. The fine C14 chancel arch has a continuous outer moulding up the jambs and over the arch, decorated with fleurons and heads. C15 font with a low octagonal base, 4 seated lions round the shaft, and the faces of the bowl with alternating blank shields and Tudor roses. Piscina beside the altar.
Listing NGR: TM3359584809
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 282347
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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