Church Of St Peter And St Paul

MAUTBY RUNHAM ROAD TG 41 SE (south side) Runham 2/47 Church of St. Peter and St. Paul 25.9.62 - II*

Ruinous church. Mainly mid C14. Bequests to building tower date from 1473-1507. Restored 1855 by W.A. Morant of Yarmouth. Flint with ashlar dressings. West tower, nave and chancel. Slate roofs. 3 stage tower supported by diagonal buttresses. Flushwork plinth course. 3-light Perpendicular west window. Square punched ringing chamber ventilation panels. 2-light belfry windows. Double crenellated parapet with corner pinnacles. Nave buttresses are stepped and fall to side only. 2 2-light nave windows north and south, one of Y tracery and the other of mouchette type. Arched south doorway. Gabled north porch on diagonal buttresses. Arched and moulded doorway below statuary niche. 2-light side windows. 2 2-light chancel south windows and one to north, all mouchetted. One south window extends downwards and has a central mullion in order to form a low side window. 3-light cusped mouchette east window. Diagonal east buttresses and stepped side buttresses. Interior. Tall tower arch with, at the top, dying mouldings. Hammerbeam nave roof of 1855. Arched braces drop from hammerbeams to wall posts supported by corbels. 2 tiers butt purlins. Collars and King posts. Ridge piece. Deeply moulded chancel arch. Arch braced chancel roof also enjoying the benefit of corbel support. Angle piscina. All furnishing removed.

Listing NGR: TG4597410827