St Peter

The church has a late 13th century three section tower, which unusually is on the south side of the nave rather than at the west end. This means that the entrance to the church is via the ground floor of the tower. The nave and vestry are 19th century as is much of the chancel, largely as the result of a serious fire in 1869.  The rebuilding and restoration of the nave and chancel replicated the original window design and other features wherever possible, as well as incorporating a graceful arch braced roof in the medieval manner with wall posts and braces rising from the collars.

So everything inside the church is either restored or new. A plaque above the entrance records the reopening.

Little Ellingham's font is striking. It is made of Poryphyry marble, a wondrous glossy brown octagonal structure set on pillars, which perhaps isn't totally in keeping with the otherwise fairly rustic surroundings. The shiny tiles around it help to smooth its path, but you can't help wondering if somebody bought it off the shelf from the catalogue of some London or Birmingham workshop without really thinking about how it would fit in.

The glass in the east window is by Frederick Preedy and it depicts scenes in the life of Christ in the style of the glass you find in French cathedrals. It is very pleasing on this scale, easily putting in the shade the run-of-the-mill Annunciation window by the Kempe workshop at the other end of the church,