Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in Little Ellingham, originally built in the early 14th century and rebuilt in 1869 by T.H. and F. Healey after a fire in 1867. The church features a south-west tower, nave, and chancel constructed from flint with ashlar dressings. The tower, which is situated over the porch, has three stages and a ground-level entrance with a four-centred arch leading to the south door. There is a lancet window in the east wall, a trefoiled niche, and an encircled quatrefoil in the second stage. Each side of the tower has a two-light cinquefoil Y belfry window.

To the west of the porch is a vestry added in 1869. The south wall of the nave is pierced by two two-light Y windows flanking a three-light Perpendicular window with a straight head. An external stack is located at the east corner, featuring an octagonal chimney. The chancel includes two Y windows with two lights and cinquefoil arches above a continuous string course. The east window consists of three lights supporting three encircled cinquefoils, with the central light being ogeed. The string course continues to the north, rising to form a hood mould over the priest's door. The north side features three similar nave windows and a blocked doorway with a single large roll moulding and hood on head stops, all dating from the early 14th century. The west window has three lights with cinquefoils supporting two trefoiled spherical triangles.

The interior of the church is entirely from 1869 and includes a wide chancel arch. The roof features collars supported on large arched braces, with arched braces between the collars and principals, and two tiers of butt purlins. The chancel roof has only one purlin. There are two 19th-century wall recesses in the north nave wall under segmental arches. An early 14th-century trefoiled piscina is located in the south wall, along with a triple-headed corbel table set into the chancel wall from the same period. The font is an octagonal porphyry piece from 1869.