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St Peter

St Peter

Hepworth

Suffolk

C13 and later: seriously damaged by fire in 1898, and extensively rebuilt by J.S. Corder of Ipswich.

Architectural Features

C14 windows in Decorated style to chancel

South porch, largely reconstructed, contains fragments of an earlier Norman church, and the open roof has some reused C16 moulded timbers.

Across the upper part of the west face is the date 1677 in large cast iron figures: this may well be the date of the top stage windows.

Beside the pulpit is the blocked door to the former rood stairs, and on the south wall of the nave the remains of a much-damaged piscina with cusped head.

6 C15 poppy-head bench ends survive in the chancel.

The one outstanding feature of the church is the late C14 pinnacled font cover, octagonal, and 12ft 6 inches high.

The ornate carving is unusual, and much-damaged, in 3 tiers, with a 3-tier pinnacle above

the lowest stage has a miniature building on each face, with windows and doorways in which little figures stand.