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St Peter and St Paul

Architectural Features

C15.

Bethersden marble with plain tile roofs.

West tower: late C14.

Hoodmould with carved heads to label stops and 4 carved grotesques beneath hoodmould.

2-centred arched west doorway with casement-moulded architrave, slender moulded shaft to each side, carved spandrels and squared moulded hoodmould with carved heads as label stops.

South aisle and south chapel: late C14, chapel with C13 origins, possibly refenestrated in C15.

South porch: probably late C14.

Chancel: C13 origin.

Refenestrated, probably in late C14 or C15.

Nave: north elevation: probably late C14.

Four 3-light traceried windows (incorporating inverted daggersl,with moulded architraves and hoodmoulds, alternating with buttresses. Interior: structure: 5-bay nave arcade to south of pointed arches with hollow chamfer and semi roll. 2 west arches with lower heads. Octagonal columns, with moulded capitals and bases of Bethersden marble. East column of arcade free-standing, also forming springing for chancel arch, chancel aqcade, and arch between south chapel and south aisle. Chancel arch and arch between chapel and aisle similar to south arcade. 2-bay chancel arcade of plain-chamfered pointed arches. Chamfered rectangular pier with undercut and roll-moulded abacus. Deeply moulded pointed-arched tower arch, with attached shafts, the capitals moulded similarly to those of south arcade. 4-centred arched hollow- chamfered doorway to rood-loft stairs to east end of north wall of nave. 3-centred arched doorway with semi roll moulding to tower stairs. 2- centred arched hollow-chamfered doorway to parvis chamber stairs. Low 4-centred arched hollow-chamfered north doorway to chancel. Small rectangular light to parvis chamber. Roof: Late C14 or early C15 collar- rafter roof to nave of 7 trusses (5½ bays), with moulded aligned butt purlins.

Hollow-chamfered windbraces, with carved spandrels between windbraces and purlins.

Octagonal C15 font with carved concave sides, shafted octagonal stem and moulded base on octagonal stone plinth, to south side of south arcade.

Screen base partly early C16, with variety of linenfold panelling, and frieze carved differently in each section.

Pulpit of 1878 with re-used linenfold panelling.

Painted panels, probably from C17 or C18 reredos, depicting Moses and Aaron.

Royal Arms above tower arch.

Decoration: C15 stained glass to heads of north nave and south aisle windows.

Monuments: C15 tomb recess towards east end of south wall of south aisle, with Culpeper arms to spandrels