---
title: "St Peter, Henley"
description: "Located in Henley, Suffolk. Built Medieval core 13th century; 15th-century south porch; early 16th-century west tower; north parish room c.1860. Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Grade I. Medieval flint church style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Suffolk","Henley","Grade I","Medieval","Flint","Diocese of St Edmundsbury"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/henley-st-peter"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T01:49:06.214Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-07T20:33:41.044Z"
location: "Henley, Suffolk"
country: "England"
county: "Suffolk"
town: "Henley"
address: "Church Lane, Henley, Suffolk, IP6 0RQ"
postcode: "IP6 0RQ"
built: "Medieval core 13th century; 15th-century south porch; early 16th-century west tower; north parish room c.1860"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Peter"]
diocese: "St Edmundsbury and Ipswich"
grade: "I"
style: "Medieval flint church"
materials: "Flint rubble with limestone dressings; plaintiled roofs"
website: "https://claydonbenefice.com/henley/"
openingHours: "Open every day from 9am to 6pm."
parish: "Henley"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1250935"
gridReference: "TM 158 513"
accessNotes: "Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas. Ramp or level access available on request"
---

# St Peter, Henley

St Peter’s is a Grade I parish church on Church Lane, Henley, Suffolk, in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and the Claydon Benefice.

## Overview

Historic England describes a medieval parish church with mid-nineteenth-century extension and restoration: nave, chancel, west tower and south porch, with a parish room added on the north about 1860. The fabric is flint rubble with limestone dressings and plaintiled roofs. The late thirteenth-century south nave doorway reuses billet- and chevron-carved voussoirs from a late twelfth-century arch, with a carved foliate capital in the jamb. Other thirteenth-century work includes a plain north doorway, cusped pointed chancel windows, matching piscina and dropped-cill sedilia, and a small aumbry.

The canted and ceiled nave roof is fifteenth-century or earlier. The fifteenth-century south porch has a moulded doorway with an image niche. The west tower has a flushwork panel over the west door and red brick in the upper stage. The Claydon Benefice records a Domesday church, a porch of the fifteenth century, a tower of the early sixteenth century (possibly 1525), a north vestry of 1838, and major renovations in 1846, 1895 and 1904.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1250935](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1250935)
- [British Listed Buildings](https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/101250935-church-of-st-peter-henley)
- [Claydon Benefice: Henley](https://claydonbenefice.com/henley/)