Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in Ickburgh. The tower dates from the 14th century, while the rest of the church was built between 1865 and 1866 by architect R.M. Phipson. The structure is made of flint with ashlar and some brick dressings, topped with plaintile roofs.

The church features a nave with a north aisle and a north porch, as well as a chancel that extends the north aisle. The 14th-century west tower has diagonal buttresses and two-light bell-openings with cusped Y-tracery. It is topped with a crenellated parapet that has chequer flushwork. The north porch is a fine example of timber framing in a Medieval style, set on a flint plinth, with wavy braces and cusped barge boards. The church has alternating Y-traceried and three-circle headed three-light windows, with four on the south wall and four on the north aisle. The chancel has two two-light windows and a three-light east window in a Geometric style. The north chapel includes a three-light east window and two two-light windows.

Inside, there is a medieval tower arch with two hollow-chamfered orders supported by carved corbels depicting angels holding shields. The church has a four-bay arcade with two plain chamfered orders on circular piers, and elaborately carved corbels acting as responds at both ends. The chancel arch features carved leaf capitals. There is a double piscina with triple sedilia in the chancel, and the nave roof is arch-braced with carved angels. A polygonal stone pulpit in early 14th-century style is adorned with coloured marble and carved biblical scenes beneath ogee arches, and there is an octagonal font in a similar style. The church also contains a complete set of Victorian glass, mainly created by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.