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Ubbeston, HALESWORTH, IP19 0EX

Distant view of St Peter, Ubbeston, Suffolk. The church is now a private home; for info on the church see http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ubbeston.htm .

The name of this private property preserves the dedication of the old village church which was sold off under the Pastoral Measure of 1968 (described by the ecclesiologist Simon Knott as a "brief flirtation with lunacy") . The chancel has been sensitively converted into a dwelling (as betrayed by the Velux windows) and the nave retained with little alteration as a studio. The churchyard has been landscaped to provide a garden, apart from a small section to the west which is approached by public path lined with relocated gravestones - see Adrian Pye's Image The brick south porch, Tudor but probably rather later than the early 16th-century Image, conceals a 12th-century doorway noted by Pevsner in 1961 as having one order of shafts and a single zigzag in the arch. Munro Cautley suggests that the site may once have been a Roman camp, lying as it does just off a military road. Both Cautley (who visited in 1937) and Arthur Mee (in 1941) were intrigued not only by the Norman doorway but also by the remains of a pulley attached to the collar of the principal beam west of the chancel arch, once used to raise the lamp that used to burn before the altar. St Peter's is now a private property and is not open to the public. www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ubbeston.htm

The church has been converted for private use, but the 16th-century tower still provides a prominent landmark, with its double-stepped battlements as noted by Pevsner. For a full-on view from the west see Image and for a view of the whole building from the south-east see Image St Peter's is now a private property and is not open to the public. http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ubbeston.htm

A view from the remaining graveyard of the early 16th-century brick tower of the former church, now in private use as a studio and residence. To the right above the hedge is a glimpse of the brick porch, "clearly later" according to Pevsner. For an oblique view see Image St Peter's is now a private property and is not open to the public. www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/ubbeston.htm

The church of St Peter, Ubbeston is now a private house after the Church no longer had use for it. The majority of the graveyard has been cleared but a small portion with the most recent burials remains for the parish. This is the path from the graveyard.

The church of St Peter, Ubbeston is now a private house after the Church no longer had use for it. The majority of the graveyard has been cleared but a small portion with the most recent burials remains for the parish. This is the path to the graveyard.

The church, which is partly Norman is now a private house. Visitors are not encouraged.

This view was taken from Ubbeston Road.

Off Barell's Hill

Off Barell's Hill