Burgh St Peter

The village’s first parish church was presumably dedicated to Saint Peter. Its ruins were about 1⁄4 mile (400 m) southwest of the present parish church, but have disappeared.

The present parish church is next to the Waveney about 2 miles (3 km) east of the village. It is built of flint with some red brickwork. Its earliest parts are 13th-century, including the north and south doors of the nave. The chancel, piscina, sedilia and some of the windows are early 14th-century. The baptismal font is late 14th-century and the timber frame of the nave roof is 15th-century. The chancel roof is newer, but is continuous with that of the nave. Both are thatched.

In the 16th century work began on a west tower of flint with angle buttresses of brick. It is not clear if it was ever completed, but by the late 18th century it was reported to be “ruinous”.

In 1793 Rev. Samuel Boycott, who was both lord of the manor and vicar of the parish, was granted a faculty by the Diocese of Norwich to rebuild or complete the tower as his mausoleum. The result is an unusual, possibly unique Georgian Gothick brick tower in which each stage is smaller than those below.

The pulpit was installed in 1811, again at the expense of the Boycott family. A rood screen was added in the late 19th or early 20th century. St Mary’s is a Grade II* listed building.

 Source; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burgh_St_Peter