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St Peter

St Peter

Rous Lench

Worcestershire

Mid C12, altered C1300, restored 1885 by F Preedy.

Architectural Features

Sandstone, tile roof.

Nave, chancel, north aisle all C12, much restored, north chapel by Preedy.

Nave: south wall of three bays divided by stepped buttresses, windows of two east bays of 1885 have semicircular heads and two trefoiled lights, west bay contains mid C12 south door, having semi-circular head with zig-zag ornament and spiral-fluted columns, above which is a semi-circular headed recess in which is set a relief of Christ seated and blessing

The Rous chapel entrance on the right has a very fine Victorian neo-Norman entrance.

North aisle: north door: almost completely restored Norman doorway

The Rous chapel entrance on the right has a very fine Victorian neo-Norman entrance.

© Michael Garlick

Roofs: chancel roof C14, but extensively restored

SP0153 : Rous Lench, St. Peter's Church: c15th octagonal font and c19th cover

two pulpits of early C17 (brought from elsewhere) font C15 style

SP0153 : Rous Lench, St. Peter's Church: c15th octagonal font and c19th cover

© Michael Garlick

north chapel contains a collection of Rous family monuments, notably: Edward Rous with wife , chest tomb, canopy on Tuscan columns surmounted by two obelisks flanking armorial achievement

The chapel also contains a number of loose architectural fragments, particularly an elaborately carved Anglo-Danish stone (of uncertain function).