Monument record COK 017 - Church of St Peter

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Summary

St Peter's Church, Cockfield, is situated N of the parish in the village.

Location

Grid reference Centred TL 9038 5500 (99m by 79m) Centred on
Map sheet TL95NW
Civil Parish COCKFIELD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Full Description

St Peter's Church, Cockfield, is situated N of the parish in the village. It is quite big. Decorated W tower with flushwork chequer pattern on the buttresses, Decorated N aisle. Early C14 chancel, see the outlines of the windows inside, the buttresses with ogee-headed niches, the piscina and the splendid, if grossly over restored, Easter Sepulchre. Niche with three stepped steep gables with blank quatrefoils. Cusped and sub-cusped arches with crockets. Angle buttresses. Perpendicular S aisle and clerestory. Elaborate S aisle battlements. Fine S aisle roof with carved beams. S porch with a front with flushwork panelling. Tall Perpendicular chancel windows. Jacobean stalls. Three niches round the entrance. Some stalls have poppy-heads, although not much has survived. Communion rail, C17 (S1).

Sources/Archives (1)

  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Pevsner N & Radcliffe E. 1974. The Buildings of England: Suffolk. 171.

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  • None recorded

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Record last edited

Mar 30 2012 11:45AM

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