Levington, Suffolk - St. Peter
St Peter sits looking out over the River Orwell.
The tower was under construction by the 1470's, and then in 1487 Margaret Hamond of nearby Trimley left half a noble to the hanging of the bells in the steeple, suggesting that it was complete by then. A date of 1636 on the south side of the tower remembers the reconstruction of the bell stage. The tower was built against a church which seems likely to have been complete by the 14th. century. The large red brick buttresses are memorable,.
The timber framed south porch has been converted into a vestry, and so you enter the church through the west doorway beneath the tower. You step into an unbroken line of nave and chancel that is small and simple, white-walled under an old barrel-vaulted roof. At some point metal ties have been put in to stop the walls spreading. Brick floors enhance the simplicity, and there are red brick outlines to the windows.
The font dates of the late 15th. century and probably came at about the same time as the tower. Its 17th century font cover is of silvered oak. The pulpit is contemporary with the font cover and the rustic 19th. century benches against it look towards a sanctuary which is faced with 17th. century wood panelling, said to have been brought from nearby Brightwell Hall.
The church received Grade: I listed building status on 16th. March 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286180).
Levington, Suffolk - St. Peter
St Peter sits looking out over the River Orwell.
The tower was under construction by the 1470's, and then in 1487 Margaret Hamond of nearby Trimley left half a noble to the hanging of the bells in the steeple, suggesting that it was complete by then. A date of 1636 on the south side of the tower remembers the reconstruction of the bell stage. The tower was built against a church which seems likely to have been complete by the 14th. century. The large red brick buttresses are memorable,.
The timber framed south porch has been converted into a vestry, and so you enter the church through the west doorway beneath the tower. You step into an unbroken line of nave and chancel that is small and simple, white-walled under an old barrel-vaulted roof. At some point metal ties have been put in to stop the walls spreading. Brick floors enhance the simplicity, and there are red brick outlines to the windows.
The font dates of the late 15th. century and probably came at about the same time as the tower. Its 17th century font cover is of silvered oak. The pulpit is contemporary with the font cover and the rustic 19th. century benches against it look towards a sanctuary which is faced with 17th. century wood panelling, said to have been brought from nearby Brightwell Hall.
The church received Grade: I listed building status on 16th. March 1966. (English Heritage Legacy ID: 286180).