St Peter & Paul Church is a Church of England parish church in the market town of Eye, Suffolk. It is a Grade I listed building for its historical and architectural importance. It is the only Anglican church in the town.
Eye is one of Suffolk's ancient boroughs. and the church is located just to the east of the old Eye Castle mound.
History
The Chancel at Eye Church
It is thought that Christians may have worshipped hereabouts for some 1000 years: a church near this site is mentioned in the Domesday Book (1086 AD)
This was Eye Priory, located some 400m east of the present church building and 150m east of the River Dove.
The Church of Ss Peter and Paul is mainly early 14th Century with additions in the 15th Century, The oldest part of the building is the south porch, part of which dates to the late 1300s. There was major restoration undertaken in 1869 by J K Colling. Of particular note in the Colling's design of the octagonal font.
Pevsner describes the west tower as ‘one of the wonders of Suffolk’, 101 feet high with flint flushwork from top to bottom on the west face. It is thought that the tower's construction commenced in the late 15th or early 16th century.
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