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Latitude: 52.5003 / 52°30'1"N
Longitude: 1.7443 / 1°44'39"E
OS Eastings: 654229
OS Northings: 295752
OS Grid: TM542957
Mapcode National: GBR YT0.9TD
Mapcode Global: VHN3X.5FZ2
Plus Code: 9F43GP2V+4P
Entry Name: Church of St Peter
Listing Date: 13 December 1949
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1208952
English Heritage Legacy ID: 391287
Also known as: St Peter, Gunton
ID on this website: 101208952
Location: St Peter's Church, Gunton, East Suffolk, NR32
County: Suffolk
District: East Suffolk
Electoral Ward/Division: Gunton and Corton
Parish: Lowestoft
Built-Up Area: Lowestoft
Traditional County: Suffolk
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Suffolk
Church of England Parish: Gunton
Church of England Diocese: Norwich
Tagged with: Church building
LOWESTOFT
TM59NW GUNTON CHURCH LANE, Gunton 914-1/1/92 (West side) 13/12/49 Church of St Peter
II*
Parish Church. C12, re-worked c1340, restored 1700, 1790 and 1901. West tower, continuous nave and chancel, south porch. Whole flints with ashlar dressings. Plain tile roofs. 3-stage round C12 tower lit through a pointed lancet to lower stage and a rounded lancet to ringing chamber. Four 2-light C14 ogeed belfry windows with one reticulation unit each. Brick parapet of 1985 conceals low conical roof. Brick and flint gabled south porch entered through a 4-centred arch under a square brick hood on labels. One C19 lancet to east and west flanks. Inner south door has one order of Norman zig-zag. The main south wall lit through a central pointed lancet and a C19 two-light Y-tracery window either side. Triple stepped lancets to east end, also C19. The north side has a gabled C19 chancel vestry entered through a doorway in the west return. The main wall is pierced by (east to west) a C13 pointed lancet, a round-headed C12 lancet and a C19 pointed lancet. Next west is a Norman north doorway: 2 orders of engaged shafts with block capitals; the round arch has an outer roll moulding and inner zig-zag. INTERIOR. Round-arched early Norman tower arch with minimal long-and-short quoins. Pews and scissor-braced roof all 1901. 4-centred arch leads on north side to blocked rood stairs. Arched piscina and bench sedilia in chancel.
Listing NGR: TM5422995752
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