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St Peter

St Peter

Carlton Colville

Suffolk

Medieval tower, the remainder largely rebuilt 1884 in Decorated style.

Architectural Features

Square tower, largely C14, although the lower portion (with a lancet west window) may be earlier

at the west end are 2 2-light windows in Perpendicular style (south) and a renewed C12 window (north).

St Peter's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085647 is thought to have been built on the site of an older church but no evidence of an older building has ever been discovered.  In 1883 the old church was demolished almost to the ground and new walls were raised to replace the crumbling old ones - the new building being an almost exact copy of the medieval church.  A new north porch was added and in the late 1980s an extension was added onto this porch which presently serves as the Parish Room.  Nothing much has remained from the old church but the C14 baptismal font is original. The stained glass windows > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085681 date from the 19th century. A grid line runs through the west end of the church, (geographically) separating the tower and part of the nave from the rest of the building.

C15 carved octagonal font on a 2-stepped base: 4 lions against the stem, angels to the underside of the bowl, and alternate angels and lions on the bowl panels.

St Peter's church > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085647 is thought to have been built on the site of an older church but no evidence of an older building has ever been discovered. In 1883 the old church was demolished almost to the ground and new walls were raised to replace the crumbling old ones - the new building being an almost exact copy of the medieval church. A new north porch was added and in the late 1980s an extension was added onto this porch which presently serves as the Parish Room. Nothing much has remained from the old church but the C14 baptismal font is original. The stained glass windows > http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/2085681 date from the 19th century. A grid line runs through the west end of the church, (geographically) separating the tower and part of the nave from the rest of the building.

© Evelyn Simak

Graded II* for medieval work, principally the tower and font.