NHER 9515 (Building record) - St Peter's Church, Ketteringham

November 1959. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description Excerpt:
"Parish church, Cll and later, restored 1837; flint and some erratics with stone dressings, plain tiles. West tower, nave and chancel in one, north porch."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 07 August 2023.

November 1978. Field Observation.
Notes that much of the building has been altered in the Victorian period, including the west tower which Pevsner (S6) states was rebuilt in 1609. Two Saxo-Norman double-splayed windows has been retained in the south nave wall, one above a blocked door suggesting it was later incorporated into a rood turret. The south doorway was renewed on the exterior, but the medieval design remains on the interior. The south chancel contains an Early English lancet window over a blocked rectangular window whilst elsewhere the lancet windows appear to be Victorian. The east window is Perpendicular style but has been renewed, as has a large Decorative or Perpendicular window located in a recess at the junction of the nave and chancel. The north porch has been re-built, but retains an Early english piscina with colonettes. Some 15th century glass is retained in the wast window.
See full report in HER Record Cards (S2) for further details.
H. Hamilton (HES), 14 August 2023.

Interior of church; 13th century trefoil headed piscina with shafts having deeply undercut capitals. Reredos of late 16th century Flemish painting on wood panel of Marriage Feast at Cana. East window with early 15th century glass to tracery panels, fragments of 15th century figure and heraldic glass to lights with some Flemish rondels. The octagonal font dates to the early 15th century and is decorated with evangelistic symbols.
The many monuments include 15th and 16th century brasses of Sir Thomas Heveningham and his wife, a marble memorial with a column with a willow branch and the figure of a weeping lady to Edward Atkins, 1794, by R. Westmacott in 1807. Perhaps the most interesting memorial is that to Charlotte Atkins, who died in poverty in Paris in 1836 after several attempts to rescue Marie Antoinette from prison.
The Mausoleum was built in 1854 for Sir John Peter Boileau of Ketteringham Hall. Gault brick laid in Flemish bond and with ashlar dressings and quoins; roof of 4 stone slabs. Square on plan. Gabled west front with stone Doric doorcase consisting of side pilasters with capitals supporting an architrave with the Boileau arms on the keyblock.
See (S1) and (S11) for more details.
S. Spooner (NLA) 12 April 2006.

(S9) (S8) (S12) in file.

July 2006. Field Observation.
Base of tower and west wall Saxo-Norman, with evidence of porticus chapels in side walls. Possibly a separate phase of Norman work shown by the high windows. Chancel 13th century. Major reconstruction in 15th century. Top of tower collapsed in 1608 and was rebuilt. Further restoration work in 17th, and unusually in 18th, centuries. Major restorations in 1837 from which a complete set of woodwork remains, 1845, and 1870 when tower was again reconstructed. Major overhaul in 1908.
Very important collection of monumental brasses and sculptured memorials dating from 15th to 19th centuries. Remnants of important scheme of stained glass. Ornate 15th century font.
Church is notable for its unusual alignment.
Churchyard includes the Boileau mausoleum of 1854.
(S15) in file.
See also (S16).
E. Rose (NLA), 8 August 2006.

January-October 1991. Stray find during building work. [1].
Medieval ceramic floor tile.
Information from PAS import.
A. Beckham (HES), 11 November 2013.