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St Peter's Church

St Peter's Church

Westleton

Suffolk

Mainly restored 2-light windows with Y tracery although the north nave and chancel each have one 3-light C15 window

Architectural Features

west end of south chancel wall has one additional smaller mid C14 window set lower down

Simple C14 south porch, with repairs in brick and brick parapet.

C15 octagonal font with carved bowl and stem

north stalls of chancel incorporate traceried remains of C15 rood screen.

South chancel with fine early C14 triple sedilia and piscina with cinquefoil cusped arches under continuous moulding and circular pillars with broad capitals and bases.

nearby in south nave wall is a simple piscina: these indicate the position of a medieval altar.

Eastern splay of north east nave window incorporates the richly carved remains of a founder's tomb.

Chancel with C14 Purbeck marble slab with canopied indent of a priest and several black ledger slabs, mostly C18

north chancel wall with 3 early-mid C19 monuments to members of the Woods family.

Graded II* for surviving medieval fabric.