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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

Market Overton

Rutland

Church mainly of C14 but with Anglo-Saxon arch.

Architectural Features

Dec W window with blocked W door below, sundial on S wall said to have been placed by Isaac Newton, 4 Dec bell openings, gargoyles, and possibly restored cornice and battlements.

W arch to nave Anglo-Saxon : 'This is the only worthwhile piece of Anglo-Saxon architecture in the County (of Rutland).

2 windows with Curvilinear type tracery, 1 with stained glass of c1882.

Similar E window of 1868 with stained glass.

3 bay C19 roof with curved braces to curved collar on carved corbels.

In S transept SE window with stained glass of c1887 and S window restored Dec.S doorway arch with thin shafts and many mouldings and oak 6 panelled door with inscription dated 1756.

Inside a fine series of C18 wall monuments which continue ouside on S transept walls and monument of 1695 on E wall of chancel.

The font, partly Norman, partly Early English.

Font a combination of early English and Norman capitals

The font, partly Norman, partly Early English.

© Alan Murray-Rust

C19 pulpit and carved oak reredos and choir stalls.