---
title: "St Peter, Little Ellingham"
description: "Located in Little Ellingham, Norfolk. Built Early C14 south-west tower; nave and chancel rebuilt 1869 after a fire of 1867. Diocese of Norwich. Grade II*. Early English and Decorated Gothic Revival; medieval tower style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Norfolk","Little Ellingham","Grade II*","Gothic Revival","T H and F Healey"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-peter-little-ellingham"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:03:26.455Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-08T18:58:41.507Z"
location: "Little Ellingham, Norfolk"
country: "England"
county: "Norfolk"
town: "Little Ellingham"
address: "Attleborough Road, Little Ellingham, Norfolk, NR17 1JH"
postcode: "NR17 1JH"
built: "Early C14 south-west tower; nave and chancel rebuilt 1869 after a fire of 1867"
architect: "T H and F Healey"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Peter"]
diocese: "Norwich"
grade: "II*"
style: "Early English and Decorated Gothic Revival; medieval tower"
materials: "Flint with ashlar dressings"
website: "http://shellrock.churchnet.co/"
openingHours: "Dawn to dusk, daily."
parish: "Little Ellingham"
listEntryUrl: "https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342423"
gridReference: "TM 005 991"
accessNotes: "Level access to the main areas"
---

# St Peter, Little Ellingham

St Peter’s is a Grade II* parish church on Church Street (Attleborough Road), Little Ellingham, Norfolk, in the Diocese of Norwich. A medieval south-west tower survives; the nave and chancel were rebuilt after a fire.

## Overview

Historic England records an early-fourteenth-century parish church rebuilt in 1869 by T. H. and F. Healey following a fire of 1867. Fabric is flint with ashlar dressings. The three-stage south-west tower stands over the porch: a four-centred ground-floor arch leads to the south door, with a lancet in the east wall, a trefoiled niche and encircled quatrefoil in the second stage, and two-light cinquefoil Y-traceried belfry windows. A vestry of 1869 lies west of the porch.

The south nave wall has two two-light Y windows flanking a three-light Perpendicular window under a straight head, and a partly external stack with an octagonal chimney. The chancel has two-light Y windows and a three-light east window with encircled cinquefoils. The north nave retains an early-fourteenth-century blocked doorway with a large roll moulding and hood on head stops. The interior is entirely of 1869 apart from an early-fourteenth-century trefoiled piscina and a triple-headed corbel table of similar date in the chancel. The roof has collars on large arched braces and two tiers of butt purlins. The font is octagonal porphyry of 1869.

## Further Information

- [Historic England list entry 1342423](https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1342423)