Church of SS Peter and Paul
CHURCH OF SS PETER AND PAUL, CHURCH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1305276
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1958
- List Entry Name:
- Church of SS Peter and Paul
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF SS PETER AND PAUL, CHURCH STREET
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- Date:
- 2004-04-09
- Reference:
- IOE01/11948/14
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1305276
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jul-1958
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 31-Aug-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of SS Peter and Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF SS PETER AND PAUL, CHURCH STREET
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 SS PETER AND PAUL, CHURCH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Norfolk
- District:
- Breckland (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Carbrooke
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 94988 02224
Details
TF 9402,
8/7
CARBROOKE,
CHURCH STREET,
Church of SS Peter and Paul
(Formerly listed as Church of St Peter and St Paul)
16.07.58
I
Parish church. Late C13 and C15. Flint with ashlar quoins and ashfelt roof. West tower,
nave, aisles and chancel. Early C15 tower of four stages with diagonal buttresses.
Flushwork base common to north porch and nave. West door with carved spandrels and frieze,
4-light mid C15 window above. Ringing chamber with square ventilation panels of punched,
cusped quatrefoils enclosing armorial shields. 3-light Perpendicular belfry windows under
battlemented parapet with flushwork. South porch with 4-centred arch of continuous
bowtell mouldings. Inner door ogeed with finial cut by flat panelled ceiling. Buttressed
aisles with 3-light Perpendicular windows, probably early C15. Gargoyle headstops to
hoodmoulds. C19 coped parapet above undercut string course on south side only.
Chancel late C13. Three bays with two flat buttresses to north and south and diagonal at east.
Three C15 inserted 3-light windows under hood moulds. Single chamfered priest's door.
5-light cast window of c.1300, Cusped intersecting lights supporting quatrefoiled circle,
two trefoiled circles and two mouchettes. Two north chancel windows as south. Rood stair
turret. 2-storey north porch, now blocked to become vestry. Lower roof with tierceron
star vault with bosses. Clerestory of five 3-light windows. One 3-light window above
chancel arch.
Interior of five bays. Tall octagonal bases to wave moulded piers with
capitals and shafts at cardinal points. Triple-chamfered arches with double wave
mouldings Tower arch wave, hollow and roll moulded on similar bases. Balustraded
gallery. String course below clerestory. C15 false hammerbeam roof with elaborately
decorated wall plate on wall posts dropping to projecting timber corbels. Hammerbeams
are angels. Arched braces to ridge piece. Two principals per bay. Single purlins with
large floral bosses at intersections. Flat arch braced aisle roofs with moulded rafters
and purlins, with similar bosses. Openwork spandrels to braces. Three tiers of panelled
niches flank chancel arch. C18 coved plaster ceiling in chancel. Double piscina under
pointed undercut arches. C15 oak screen with tracery. C14 octagonal font with tracery
carving.
Listing NGR: TF9498802224
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 220046
- 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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