Church Of St Peter

TG 21 NE BELAUGH

4/1 Church of St. Peter. 10.5.61 I

Parish church. Fabric principally of C12 and early C14 with C15 west tower. Flint with limestone dressings; blocks of iron-bound conglomerate in earlier work. Nave and chancel under a continuous plain-tiled roof; lead roof over north aisle. West tower, nave, chancel, south porch, north aisle. West tower has angle buttresses with flushwork panels, terminating in pinnacles. Canted stair turret on south side. Square traceried sound holes. 2-light Perpendicular bell openings. Flushwork panels in tower parapets. South nave wall has 3-light transitional Perpendicular/Decorated window and 2-light window of c.1300, with 'Y'-tracery. Remains of two bays of blank arcading with flint quoins. North-east corner of chancel contains quoins of conglomerate stone and north wall has blocked lancet with heavy surround of conglomerate. Three north aisle windows in transitional Perpendicular/Decorated style. South porch rendered over; traceried niche over door in gable. Parapeted gable with flanking buttresses. Small single light window in east wall. South doorway c.1300. Interior : North arcade of four bays, early C14, with octagonal piers and double hollow-chamfered arches. Remains of good C15 screen with twelve painted panels. Nave and chancel roofs of 1861 by R. M. Phipson : arch-braced principals on corbels. Remains of rood stairs at north-east corner of nave. North aisle roof C15, with roll-moulded principal rafters and purlin with arch-braces on wall posts. Good C12 tub-font in blue-stone with shallow blank arcading around bowl, on large central stem and four columns. Pews, pulpit and lectern c.1875 by William Butterfield.

Listing NGR: TG2890518413