Church Of St Peter And St Paul is a Grade II* listed building in the The Broads Authority local planning authority area, England. A Medieval Church.
Church Of St Peter And St Paul
- WRENN ID
- worn-balcony-rush
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- The Broads Authority
- Country
- England
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a ruinous church, primarily dating from the 14th century, with bequests for the construction of the tower recorded between 1473 and 1507. It was restored in 1855 by W.A. Morant of Yarmouth. The building is constructed of flint with ashlar dressings and features a west tower, nave, and chancel, all covered with slate roofs.
The three-stage tower is supported by diagonal buttresses and has a flushwork plinth course. It includes a three-light Perpendicular west window and square punched ventilation panels in the ringing chamber. The belfry has two-light windows, and the tower is topped with a double crenellated parapet and corner pinnacles. The nave has stepped buttresses that only extend to the sides, with two two-light windows on both the north and south sides, one featuring Y tracery and the other of the mouchette type.
There is an arched south doorway and a gabled north porch supported by diagonal buttresses. The doorway below the statuary niche is arched and moulded, with two-light side windows. The chancel has two two-light windows on the south and one on the north, all with mouchette designs. One of the south windows extends downwards to create a low side window with a central mullion. The east window is a three-light cusped mouchette. The chancel features diagonal east buttresses and stepped side buttresses.
Inside, there is a tall tower arch with dying mouldings at the top. The nave roof, constructed in 1855, is a hammerbeam design, with arched braces dropping from the hammerbeams to wall posts supported by corbels. It includes two tiers of butt purlins, collars, king posts, and a ridge piece. The chancel arch is deeply moulded, and the chancel roof is arch-braced with corbel support. An angle piscina is present, but all furnishings have been removed.
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