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Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

A Grade II* Listed Building in Shernborne, Norfolk

  • St Peter & St Paul: rebuilt by Green & Blomfield, 1898; financed by Prince of Wales; two-light trefoiled & square headed windows

  • St Peter & St Paul: view from the south-east; three light east window and west bellcote

  • St Peter & St Paul: Victorian nave with some surviving Early English work in arcade

  • St Peter & St Paul: original Early English water holding pier base

  • St Peter & St Paul: Norman font on four columns

  • St Peter & St Paul: Norman font details; grotesque heads, interlacing work & filled-in scrolls

  • St Peter & St Paul: Thomas Shernborne & wife Jamona de Cherneys (Sharneres), 1458

  • St Peter & St Paul: Thomas Shernborne,1458; chamberlain to Queen Margaret of Anjou

  • St Peter & St Paul: Jamona de Cherneys, 1458; born Anjou; lady in waiting to queen Margaret

  • St Peter & St Paul: village signpost representing Sir Thomas Shernborne (d.1458) & wife Jamona de Cherneys

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Entry Name: Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Listing Date: 5 June 1953

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1153045

English Heritage Legacy ID: 221408

ID on this website: 101153045

Location: St Peter's Church, Shernborne, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, PE31

County: Norfolk

District: King's Lynn and West Norfolk

Civil Parish: Shernborne

Traditional County: Norfolk

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Norfolk

Church of England Parish: Shernbourne St Peter and St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Norwich

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