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St Peter

St Peter

Cound

Shropshire

C13 nave, C13 south aisle rebuilt in the C14, C15 west tower, north aisle of 1841 or 1842, built at the expense of Frances Thursby, chancel of 1862 by S. Pountney Smith, built at the expense of the Rev. Henry Thursby-Pelham, M.A. of Cound Hall (q.v.), nave and south aisle restored in 1843 and in 1891, and the vestry added in 1891.

Architectural Features

plain tile roofs.

C19 additions in a C14 Gothic style.

Tower: 2 stages, with plinth, diagonal buttresses with 7 offsets, moulded string, parapet string with carved gargoyles, battlemented parapet with 8 pinnacles, and low pyramidal cap with weathervane

probably reused C14 west window with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights, intersecting tracery with cinquefoils, moulded reveals, and hoodmould with weathered carved stops.

South aisle: chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses, and parapeted gable ends, that to west with carved head at foot

windows with 2 trefoiled ogee-headed lights, reticulated tracery with quatrefoils, moulded reveals and hood- moulds with carved stops

east window with 3 trefoiled ogee-headed lights, reticulated tracery with quatrefoils, moulded reveals, and hood- mould with carved stops

central south doorway with continuous quarter- round mouldings and probably late C14 door with ogee-headed panels, brattishing, pierced quatrefoils above, large wrought iron strap hinges, nails, keyplate and ring

gabled south porch off-centre to left: C14, altered probably in 1891

windows of 2 trefoil-headed lights with quatrefoils and cinquefoils in tracery, chamfered reveals, and hoodmoulds with carved stops

large east window of 5 trefoil-headed lights with Geometrical tracery consisting of cusped circles, chamfered reveals, and hoodmould with carved stops.

left- hand return front with pairs of trefoiled ogee-headed lights and reset C13 archway to right with half-round moulded jambs and C19 boarded door.

Interior: 4-bay aisle arcades, C13 to south with double chamfered arches and circular piers with moulded bases and capitals

2 steps up to double-chamfered C13 chancel arch with outer arch springing from imposts and inner arch springing from short half-round colonnettes with moulded bases and capitals

chancel south doorway with chamfered reveals, shallow trefoil-head arch with dogtooth ornament, and hood- mould with C17-style carving

C19 north aisle roof with cambered tie-beams, king posts, and moulded and carved corbels

C14 piscina in south aisle with trefoiled nodding ogee, crockets and pinnacle, and square aumbry to right

Fittings: C12 stone tub font with rosettes in beaded medallions and a foliage frieze above

reused C14 floor tiles in front of the communion rail

late C16 chancel screen moved to tower arch in 1843, of 3 bays with moulded rail and surround to top panels, openwork cresting and brattishing, central shaped-head doorway with moulded reveals and boarded door, and evidence of painted inscription at top of side panels

7-sided wooden pulpit of 1633, 2 panels high with lozenge and arabesque decoration, carved frieze, and carved panelled back board

pews of 1891 incorporating some C17 fragments

choir panelling of 1912, possibly incor- porating some C17 fragments.

Stained glass: small C14 figure in east window of south aisle

Sculpture: carved head corbel in south wall, probably to carry an image.

Wall painting: faded remains of doom painting above chancel arch.

Monuments: good series of C18 tablets

in north aisle, to Sir William Fowler, died 28 March 1717, with console brackets, flanking set-back scrolls, and figure next to medallion of the deceased

other C18 tablets, three C18 brass plaques, and C18 hatchment.