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Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Wenhaston, Suffolk

  • St Peter: c15 porch, Perpendicular windows in nave, c13 lancets in chancel

  • St Peter: late c14 tower, modern parapet

  • St Peter: nave with c.1400 arcades; late c15 roof with arched braces

  • St Peter: doom painting, c.1520, now placed on north wall; the quotation below, from Epistle to Romans, was added after the Reformation

  • St Peter: detail from doom painting, c.1520; Christ in Glory seated on rainbow; Mary & St John the Baptist kneel to right

  • St Peter: detail from doom painting, c.1520; St Paul receives royal couple, bishop & cardinal; St Michael weighing souls, Devil holds scroll

  • St Peter: detail from doom painting, c.1520; damned sent to gaping jaws of hell

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 7 December 1966

Last Amended: 27 July 1984

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1030612

English Heritage Legacy ID: 285705

ID on this website: 101030612

Location: St Peter's Church, Wenhaston, East Suffolk, IP19

County: Suffolk

District: East Suffolk

Town: East Suffolk

Civil Parish: Wenhaston with Mells Hamlet

Built-Up Area: Wenhaston

Traditional County: Suffolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk

Church of England Parish: Wenhaston St Peter

Church of England Diocese: St.Edmundsbury and Ipswich

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