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Saint Peter and Saint Paul

Saint Peter And Saint Paul

Kingsbury

Warwickshire

C12 origins, remodelled c.l300

Architectural Features

Late C14 north vestry

Early C15 south doorway and pant

Aisles and chapel raised early C16

Old plain-tile roofs have coped gable parapets

Blocked late C17 straight-headed south doorway

Late C14 eastern and western 3-light windows have Perpendicular tracery

Mid/late C18 monument between and below eastern and central windows has pediment with winged heads, ornamented entablature and panelled surround, Lean-to vestry has east wall flush with chancel

3-bay aisles have splay plinths, small C14 diagonal buttresses of 2 offsets, and embattled parapets with moulded cornices

Very shallow-pitched north gable has another much narrower and steeper rendered C17 gable on top

Arcades of 2 very wide bays have C12 round piers with scalloped capitals, decorated to north, and square responds, but with arches of 2 chamfered orders of c.1300

possibly C16

with moulded beams and carved bosses

inner order has carved corbel with a green an to the north. and a man with a monkey to the south, Chapel has niche in east wall with trefoiled arch and blind trefoil-panelled surround

Ceiled queen strut roof, possibly C16

Fittings: octagonal font has plain bowl and stem with blind trefoiled arches and trefoil spandrels

Late C19 Early English style pulpit

Stained glass: east window 188S

Monuments: chancel east wall: Elizabeth Cope 1716