← Database
St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

West Newton

Norfolk

SANDRINGHAM WEST NEWTON TF 62 NE 2/64 Church of SS Peter & Paul 15.8.60 II* Parish church, Medieval, restored 1881 by A. Blomfield, (plaque in south aisle records "THIS . CHURCH . WAS . RESTORED . AND . THE . NORTH . AISLE . REBUILT . BY . ALBERT . EDWARD . PRINCE . OF . WALES . LORD . OF . THE . MANOR . AND . PATRON . OF . THE . LIVING . AD MDCCCLXXXI").

Architectural Features

Mainly carstone rubble with some flint and Sandringham sandstone, limestone dressings, plain tiles.

String course below parapet with gargoyle to each face.

TF6927 : SS Peter & Paul, West Newton: font

C15 slender octagonal font with blank shields to faces and blank trefoil headed arches to stem faces

TF6927 : SS Peter & Paul, West Newton: font

© Basher Eyre

tall C15 crocketted font cover to fit, possibly cut down from church of St. Mary Magdelene Sandringham q.v.

Medieval coffin lid with cross decoration to west of south aisle.