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SS Peter and Paul

Ss Peter And Paul

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk

Fine C15 square tower, in 4 stages, with diagonal buttresses and crenellated parapet

Architectural Features

a hoodmould encloses rose-carved spandrels.

Nave is substantially C15: to the south are 4 tall 2-light windows, considerably restored

C15 porch with original roof.

C15 nave aisle has 3 restored 3-light windows and a doorway enriched with shields and fleurons.

North aisle extended by 2 bays to east c.1475 to form a Lady Chapel, the windows now renewed.

Low 6-bay aisle arcade, perhaps of late C13 date.

Nave roof has an incomplete C15 cornice with embattled ornament and fleurons

the remainder of the roof seems to be a C17 reconstruction.

2 lower needled tie beams are C17 insertions, one bearing the date 1621.

On the north nave wall are 4 C15 paintings showing St. Christopher, the Seven Deadly Sins, the Acts of Mercy and the Last Judgement.

TM1877 : Hoxne St Peter and St Paul: font

Mid C15 carved octagonal font

TM1877 : Hoxne St Peter and St Paul: font

© Basher Eyre

At east end of nave aisle are 4 benches with C15 poppyhead ends and carved arm-rests.

Against east wall of Lady Chapel is a large marble monument to Thomas Maynard by Charles Stanley.

This shows a life-size figure standing against an urn set on a pedestal

the pedestal has a well-carved relief of women and children.

2 ledger slabs at east end of nave have C17 brass inscriptions.