Ipswich: St Peter's by the Waterfront

Name:
Ipswich: St Peter's by the Waterfront
Record Type:
Closed Church
Church code:
Diocese:
St.Edmundsbury & Ipswich
Archdeaconry:
Ipswich
Parish:
Ipswich, St. Mary-le-Tower

Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?
This is a Grade II* Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?
There is a Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct
View more information about this Scheduled Monument on the National Heritage List for England web site

National Park

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Central

Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?
This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
 

Approximate Date

Approximate Date:
Medieval

Exterior Image

Exterior image of St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich
Caption:
Exterior image of St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich
Description:
Photograph of the exterior of St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich
Year / Date:
2013, May 28
Copyright:
This file is licenced under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 Generic licence.
Originator:
David Hallam-Jones (of geograph.org.uk)

Summary Description

The church is faced with knapped flints, with stone dressings of stone and roof coverings of red clay tiles. The western tower is 94 feet high with stepped diagonal buttresses, and is divided into three tall sties by thin string-courses. In the centre of the west front is a fine shafted doorway flanked by highly ornamental canopied niches. Over the door is a four-light window with Perpendicular tracery.

Visiting and Facilities

The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship: Unknown
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Church Website

Church Website:
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Sources and Further Information

Work in progress - can you help?
Antiquarian Horological Society (2015) AHS Turret Clock database Unique Number ID: 698 [Digital Archive/Data]
01/01/2003
James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
David Hallam-Jones (of geograph.org.uk) (2013, May 28) Exterior image of St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich [Digital Archive/Graphic material]
Exterior image of St Peter's by the Waterfront, Ipswich
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 5 Bells [Archive/Index]
5 Bells