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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

Mid Suffolk

Suffolk

Early C14 square tower in four stages, with crenellated parapet.

Architectural Features

C15 aisles with largely original windows.

The north aisle was extended to the east in early C16 to form a Guild Chapel, re-using a doorway

window of early C14 date from the chancel.

6-bay clerestorey with C15 2-light windows.

above are two Tudor roses in square panels.

Tierceron vault with carved bosses, springing from C19 corbels.

Medieval nave door.

Early C14 chancel, considerably restored in C19: an original window to the north

two C15 windows to the south.

Fine C15 single hammer-beam nave roof with a wide enriched cornice.

C15 arch-braced chancel roof.

Much of the north aisle roof is medieval: there are pierced spandrels and the wall posts rest on corbels carved as heads.

In the sanctuary an elaborate canopied piscina and triple sedilia, originally early C14 but nearly all renewed late C19.

Plain octagonal font of medieval date.

A very fine set of eighteen late C15 poppyhead benches, all with carved ends and back-rests, and some retaining carved arm-rests.

The two westernmost benches have backs carved with twelve square panels, each to a different design.

Some other benches incorporate C15 carved components.

Dado of C15 rood screen with traceried panels.