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St Peter

St Peter

Astley

Worcestershire

Mid-late C12 chancel and nave, with east end rebuilt during early C20 and north aisle rebuilt during early C19

Architectural Features

C14 west tower and north chapel, early C20 south porch.

Partly restored Norman nave has string course and corbel tablet with heads and paired heads, two semicircular engaged shafts rise from plinth to string course with double shafts and central spur and continue to corbel table as single shafts, with capitals east of porch

three restored Norman windows also to east and restored trefoiled two-light window to west

The colourful South doorway, dating from the mid-12th century.

Chancel has blocked doorway and Norman window to west of later protruding buttress, early C20 two-light window to east.

The colourful South doorway, dating from the mid-12th century.

© Philip Pankhurst

north wall of chancel contains original Norman window now enclosed by later north chapel.

acutely pointed tower arch of three chamfered orders and responds probably late C14.

Fittings: unusual pedestal font probably C14 with octagonal bowl has large paired petalled motif to each facet and heavily moulded top

Jacobean pulpit.

North Blount chapel contains two polychrome C16 tomb chests with recumbent effigies in contemporary dress, that to the north commemorates Robert Blount who died 24th May 1573 and his wife Anne, figures of children in low relief bearing name labels decorate the sides of the tomb, on the west side is inscribed "Jhon Gildon of Hereforde made this towmes anno domini 1577".

The second tomb on the south is similar and commemorates Walter Blount and his wife Isabel On north wall are two wall monuments, the eastern one to Thomas Winford of c1702, a good example in white marble with garlands, putti and obelisks executed by John Bacon.

West tower contains two hatchments.