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St Peter

St Peter

Normanby by Spital CP

Lincolnshire

C12, c.1200, C13, C14, C15, and restoration of 1890.

Architectural Features

The unbuttressed C12 three stage tower has a single weathered chevron string course and an embattled parapet with corner pinnacles and gargoyles.

The west wall has a further fragment of C12 masonry

a C13 lancet.

The paired belfry C13 lights have C15 hood moulds on south and west sides only.

The north side has paired C14 belfry lights with ogee heads with hood moulds and one remaining human head label stop.

The west wall of the aisle has a small C12 round headed light.

Further east are a pair of C13 lancets with simple chamfered surrounds.

The south wall of the chancel has a C14 two-light window with trefoil heads to lights, and a cinquefoil over, under a hood mould.

The south aisle was rebuilt in 1890 and has paired ogee headed lights to the east wall and to the south wall are reset C14 paired lights with ogee heads, chamfered square surround and hood mould.

The south doorway is a C19 copy of a C14 pointed and moulded doorway.

Interior: the two bay c.1200 north arcade has circular pier and responds, square spurred bases and abacii with elaborate stiff leaf capitals.

The south arcade has circular pier, responds, bases and abacii with formal stiff leaf capitals supporting C13 double chamfered pointed arches.

The tower arch is of c.1200 with semi-circular head, plastered reveals and ashlar chamfered imposts.

The chancel arch has late C12 semi-circular imposts with stiff leaf capitals

a C13 double chamfered arch.

Three trusses in the south aisle are reused C16 but the remainder of the roofs date from C19.

The altar table at the east end of the north aisle dates from C17 and has turned legs.

All other fittings are of C19, including the cast iron tortoise stove from Halstead, Essex, and the two oil lamps on brass brackets in the aisles.

The font is late C12 in the shape of a mortar with four vertical bands, one of which terminates in a shield