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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

South Petherton

Somerset

Saxon origins

Architectural Features

C13 crosswing, remainder mostly C15, major restorations in late C19/early C20 by A. Blomfield, and Sedding and Wilson.

Chancel has chamfered plinth, eaves string and simple parapet, full-height corner buttresses: east window C15, a 4-light sub-arcuated with cusped transome, no label, plain gable vents over

to north a 2-light Geometric traceried window with headstop label and a 3-light C15 window in hollowed recess

matching 3-light C15 window in east wall and transomed 4-light in south gable with Perpendicular tracery.

5-light early C15 flat-arched window with reticulated tracery and deep label to east, north window a 5-light reticulated pointed-arched with plain label.

rather wide C15 traceried 3-light windows in hollowed recesses without labels, with west windows to match.

late C13 style moulded arch with bell capitals to shafts

inner doorway late C13, with possibly earlier corbel brackets flanking, and statue niche over.

North porch C15, built with aisle, angled corner buttresses, moulded pointed outer arch set in rectangular recess with quatrefoil- carved spandrils and deep square label

string courses, battlemented parapets, angle gargoyles, stair turret to same height on south-west corner, small lead-covered spirelet with wrought-iron weathervane

pointed-arched 2-light C15 windows in hollowed recesses to all faces stage 2.

Fine triple-order C13 crossing arches with bell capitals and octopartite tierceron vault.

Nave arcades C15 shaft-and-hollow columns

Fittings most good quality C19 and C20 work, but oak altar table of 1698, cusped piscina

C15 credence stand in north transept.

Many fine monuments, including to William Ayshe, died 1657, of 3 kneeling figures in coloured marble surround having Ionic caps, pediment with cartouche

tablets to Samuel Cabel1, died 1699, and to Jacob Aysshe, died 1626, all in north transept

effigy of Sir Philip De Albine, died 1294 set in wall arch,

chest tomb with Purbeck stone top and inlaid brasses to Sir Giles Daubeney, died 1445, and his wife, in south transept.

EIIR hatchment over south aisle joorway.

Some early C20 stained glass by Nicholson.

Aviet, the priest here 1086: Thomas Coke was curate here 1772-77 before becoming a leading Methodist.