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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

Aldeburgh

Suffolk

C14 west tower

Architectural Features

nave, north aisle and north chapel 1525-29

south aisle and south chapel 1534-35

south porch 1539

chancel 1545.

West doorway with moulded jambs under a square hoodmould carved with shields and quatrefoils in the spandrels.

Pitched aisle roofs with roll-moulded principal beams, to north mainly C16, to south mainly C19.

Elaborate octagonal pulpit of 1632 by John Garrard: tapering pedestal base

overpanels each with carved fish and vine trails in high relief and plain cornice on fretwork consoles.

C15 octagonal font: plain stem, bowl with alternating panels depicting lions and angels bearing shields.

C17 Readers' Desk: 4 by 2 arcaded panels decorated with dog tooth, strapwork frieze and cornice.

MONUMENTS: to George Crabbe, the poet, d. 1832: marble plinth with bust, by Thomas Thurlow, made 1847.

South chapel: monument to Lady Henrietta Vernon, d. 1786: sarcophagus behind drapery folds

dark marble obelisk above against which female figure leans upon an urn under flying angel.

Chancel and south chapel with late C15 poppyheads to benches.

2 brasses at east end of nave, one of 1519, and other palimpsests.