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St. Peter and St. Paul

St. Peter And St. Paul

Bastwick

Norfolk

C12 west tower with late C13 belfry.

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Architectural Features

C14

C14 nave, restored.

C15

Chancel of 1454-58 demolished and replaced C18.

C15

C15 crenellated brick parapet.

C17

Gabled brick early C17 south porch on diagonal buttresses.

C14

Three similar north nave windows, but larger and of a date later in C14.

C13

Late C13 plain north nave doorway.

C16

Part of C16 screen comprising two bays right and left of opening.

The church of SS Peter and Paul > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930275 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930284 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930286 serves the combined parishes of Repps and Bastwick. Of St Peter's church in nearby Bastwick > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/479521 only the ruined 14th century tower remains: converted into offices about 100 years ago and into a hotel later, the tower is now part of a private dwelling house. The church has a Norman round tower with a C13 bellstage and C15 flint and brick battlements; the brick porch was added in the 17th century and the chancel was rebuilt in brick in the 18th century. The interior was extensively restored in Victorian times and not much of the original C16 rood screen remains. The octagonal font (seen here) is C14.
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C15 octagonal font with two tiers of trefoiled tracery to each stem panel.

The church of SS Peter and Paul > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930275 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930284 - http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/930286 serves the combined parishes of Repps and Bastwick. Of St Peter's church in nearby Bastwick > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/479521 only the ruined 14th century tower remains: converted into offices about 100 years ago and into a hotel later, the tower is now part of a private dwelling house. The church has a Norman round tower with a C13 bellstage and C15 flint and brick battlements; the brick porch was added in the 17th century and the chancel was rebuilt in brick in the 18th century. The interior was extensively restored in Victorian times and not much of the original C16 rood screen remains. The octagonal font (seen here) is C14.

© Evelyn Simak