Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located in South Elmham, dating from the 12th and 14th centuries. It features a nave, chancel, south porch, and a west tower. The nave and chancel are constructed from rubble flint with stone dressings, and the roofs are slate. The nave has 14th and 15th-century windows, while the south side of the chancel displays Y-tracery windows, with none on the north side. The east window is a three-light design with intersecting tracery. There is a blocked north doorway leading to the nave.

The small tower, built in four stages, is made of rubble flint mixed with stone and red brick. It has diagonal buttresses at the west end, featuring diagonal chequerwork in stone and flint at the bases and chequerwork paneling on the faces. The tower has a battlemented and panelled parapet, with four wide single-light windows at the top stage. The tower is simple, with diagonal buttresses and remnants of flushwork panels on the front, along with a single-light trefoil-headed window on each side and the remains of a holy water stoup.

The south doorway is a plain Norman style with one order of shafts, cushion capitals, and undecorated abaci. Inside, the church has a simple layout with 19th-century benches, a pulpit, and a lectern, as well as a boarded replacement roof in the chancel. The nave roof consists of four bays with arched braces and collars reaching the apex in a triangular form, featuring carved motifs at the intersections of the purlins and principals. The western tower arch is high, while the fine 14th-century chancel arch has a continuous outer moulding along the jambs and over the arch, decorated with fleurons and heads. The 15th-century font has a low octagonal base with four seated lions around the shaft, and the bowl is adorned with alternating blank shields and Tudor roses. There is a piscina located beside the altar.