---
title: "St Peter the Apostle, South Elmham"
description: "Located in South Elmham, Suffolk. Built 12th and 14th centuries. Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Grade II*. Norman and Decorated style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Suffolk","South Elmham","Grade II*","Norman","Decorated","The Saints"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-peter-apostle-south-elmham"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:41:59.735Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T00:33:48.974Z"
location: "South Elmham, Suffolk"
country: "England"
county: "Suffolk"
town: "South Elmham"
address: "South Elmham, Suffolk, NR35 1NG"
postcode: "NR35 1NG"
built: "12th and 14th centuries"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Peter the Apostle"]
diocese: "St Edmundsbury and Ipswich"
grade: "II*"
style: "Norman and Decorated"
materials: "Rubble flint to nave and chancel with stone dressings; slate roofs; tower of rubble flint mixed with stone and red brick"
openingHours: "Open every day, please visit within daylight hours. There are two shallow steps to enter, however a ramp is available upon request. Limited parking available on the lane outside the church."
parish: "St Peter, South Elmham"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283860"
gridReference: "TM 335 848"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request"
---

# St Peter the Apostle, South Elmham

St Peter’s is a Grade II* parish church in South Elmham St Peter, one of the Saints of north Suffolk. The fabric is twelfth- and fourteenth-century: nave, chancel, south porch and west tower in rubble flint with stone dressings.

## Overview

Historic England lists a small four-stage west tower with diagonal buttresses, flint-and-stone chequerwork and a battlemented panelled parapet. Nave windows are fourteenth- and fifteenth-century; the chancel has Y-tracery to the south and a three-light east window with intersecting tracery. The south doorway is a plain Norman opening with one order of shafts and cushion capitals. The fourteenth-century chancel arch has a continuous outer moulding decorated with fleurons and heads. The fifteenth-century font has seated lions around the shaft and a bowl of alternating blank shields and Tudor roses. A piscina survives beside the altar.

A north chapel of Our Lady, burial place of John Tasburgh (d. 1473) and Margery Tasburgh (d. 1485), was probably demolished in 1834–35; only marks of its entrance remain. The church is in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, in one of the smallest parishes in East Anglia.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1283860](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1283860)
- [Suffolk Churches: St Peter, South Elmham](http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/selstpeter.html)