Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a parish church located in Felixstowe. It dates back to the 14th century, possibly incorporating earlier elements, and underwent significant alterations and restorations between 1871 and 1872. The church is constructed from septaria, flint, brick, and stone dressings, with plain tile roofs. It features a west tower, a nave, a south porch, and north and south transepts, along with an apsidal chancel. The tower is truncated and was restored in 1795.

The west doorway is moulded in a 14th-century style, and the west window has been renewed in a similar style. The nave is built of septaria, with the south wall rendered. There is a 14th-century north doorway with a hood mould and label stops, and a west window from the 14th century, although its tracery is missing. The south doorway, also from the 14th century, has a simple moulded arch beneath a hood mould with label stops. The south porch, dating from the late 14th or early 15th century, is made of brick with stone dressings and features a moulded outer arch beneath a hood mould. Above the arch is a cinque-foil headed niche with a rectangular hood mould, and the spandrels contain shields carved with the Cross of St Andrew and the Keys of St Peter, bordered by fleurons.

The transepts and chancel were rebuilt in the 1870s in styles reminiscent of the late 13th and early 14th centuries, using herringbone brickwork from Martello towers and stone dressings. The north and south windows have three lights beneath encircled cinque-foils, with spherical triangles containing trefoils below. The chancel features trefoil-headed lancets.

Inside, the tower arch dates to around 1300. The original four-bay medieval nave roof likely remains above a 19th-century plastered ceiling, with some original 15th-century moulded wall plates and tie beams. The sanctuary includes a 15th-century piscina with a cinque-foil head and an octofoil drain. There are poppyhead benches from the 15th century with traceried panels and mutilated animal figures, reset in the chancel. The octagonal font, also from the 15th century, has been partly recut in the 19th century. Additionally, there is a carved wooden pulpit from the early 17th century, likely part of a triple decker, set on a fragment of an early 14th-century column, a wooden lectern from the 18th century, and a poor box from the 16th century.