Church Of St Peter

ICKBURGH

1677/5/23 THE STREET 23-JUN-60 Church of St Peter

GV II*

Parish church. Tower C14; the rest 1865-6 by R.M. Phipson. Flint with ashlar and some brick dressings. Plaintile roofs. Nave with north aisle and north porch; chancel with extension of north aisle. C14 west tower with diagonal buttresses and cusped Y-traceried 2-light bell-openings. Crenellated parapet with chequer flushwork. Fine timber framed north porch in Medieval style on a flint plinth. Wavy braces and cusped barge boards. Alternating Y-traceried and 3-circle headed 3-light windows; 4 to south wall and 4 to north aisle. Chancel with 2 2-light windows and a 3-light east window in Geometric style. North chapel with a 3-light east window and 2 2-light windows. Interior. Medieval tower arch of 2 hollow-chamfered orders supported on carved corbels representing angels holding shields. 4-bay arcade of 2 plain chamfered orders on circular piers. Elaborately carved corbels serving as responds to east and west. Chancel arch with carved leaf capitals. Double piscina with triple sedilia in chancel. Arch braced nave roof with carved angels. Polygonal stone pulpit in early C14 style with coloured marble and carved biblical scenes beneath ogee arches. Octagonal font in similar mode. Complete set of Victorian glass mainly by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.

Listing NGR: TL8164495067