Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church largely of medieval origin, with substantial restoration work carried out in 1881 by A. Blomfield. A plaque inside the south aisle records that the north aisle was rebuilt by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, Lord of the Manor, and Patron of the Living in 1881. The church is primarily constructed of carstone rubble with some flint and Sandringham sandstone, limestone dressings, and plain tiles.

The west tower is unbuttressed and comprises three stages with embattled parapets and crocketted pinnacles added in 1881. The west window has Y tracery and has been renewed; to the right is a cusp ogee headed niche. Lancet windows are visible on the second stage of the tower's south face, along with a fretwork clock face from 1907 and numerous putlog holes. The bell openings are also of Y tracery. A string course runs below the parapet, with a gargoyle on each face.

The nave and chancel are combined, with a south aisle and south porch, and 19th-century additions to the north. The south nave is of shell carstone, and the south aisle is of carstone and flint, featuring eaves courses in shell limestone and a lead roof. Renewed windows to the east and west of the south aisle are of two lights, set under a quatrefoil. Two large openings exist to the south, dating back to approximately 1820, each with four cusped lights and a square hood mould. The gabled south porch has a 19th-century roof with a shell carstone south facade and a wide 4-centred arch with continuous moulding; a small south doorway has continuous ovolo moulding.

The chancel’s roofline is slightly lower than that of the nave. The east window is a C19 design of three lights with panel tracery. Flanking windows with panel tracery were inserted in 1881. The 1881 north additions, in shell carstone, incorporate a vestry and an organ bay, both with two-light panel tracery openings. The north aisle has a lead roof, one three-light window, and a blank doorway.

Inside, a four-bay arcade with double ovolo moulded arches and octagonal piers divides the nave and aisles. The bases of the south piers are splayed, with the eastern bay wider and featuring double chamfered arches. There is no chancel arch. A tall tower arch has a continuous double chamfer, with round shafts supporting a hollow chamfered moulding around the arch, and a fragment of a ¼ moulding on the arris of the south window. The roof was renewed in 1881; the nave features arch braced collars and wind braces, while the chancel has a waggon roof. A C15 slender octagonal font with blank shields to the faces and blank trefoil headed arches to the stem faces is present, alongside a tall C15 crocketted font cover, possibly shortened from the church of St. Mary Magdalene at Sandringham. A medieval coffin lid with cross decoration is located to the west of the south aisle. A mosaic reredos from 1881 depicts wheat and vines.