Remains Of Church Of St Peter And St Paul

HALVERGATE TUNSTALL STREET TG 40 NW 4/69 Remains of Church of St. Peter and 25-9-62 St. Paul. G.V. II* Parish church of Tunstall. Medieval and later. Repaired 1705, and extended 1853. Flint with brick and stone dressings. Chancel roofed with slate. Ruined west tower and nave. Chancel. West tower partially obscured by Ivy. 2 stages, diagonal buttresses and putlog holes lined with brick. West window with stone jambs, brick arch and hood moulds. Single light window above. Single light sound hole. Top stage ruined, though belfry opening arch to west still intact. 4 bay nave. 2 single light west windows either side of tower. 3 windows to north and south with remains of Decorated tracery of 2 light windows. Perpendicular south door with wave mouldings and attached shafts. Similar doorway, blocked, to north. Offset buttresses, stone kneelers and brick parapet gable with semi-circular arch in peak containing bell. 2 by chancel extended to east in C19 in brick. Stone voussoirs of former C13 arcade visible in south wall. Inserted C19 single light windows, 3 to south one to north. C19 north priest's door and 2 light east window. Tower and nave roofless. Perpendicular brick tower arch with single light opening above with semi- circular arch. Recess for stoup adjacent to south door. Perpendicular chancel arch blocked with brick with inscribed tablet in spandrel. Chancel interior C19. C13 double piscina in south wall with central colonnette with base and capital and cusped arches above with corbelled responds. Fallen masonry inside nave contains window tracery. Extensive use of brick and the layout of the putlog holes of archaeological interest. Plaque in chancel arch reads 'This rebuilt by Mrs Elizabeth Jenkenson, the relict of Miles Jenkenson, Tunstal Esq. and Ms Anne Kelkall, daughter of Miles and Elizabeth. 1705.'

Listing NGR: TG4170508021