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St Peter And St Paul

Kimpton

Hampshire

C13, C14, C15, C18, 1837, restorations of 1894 and 1896

Architectural Features

Flint & stone rubble, flint and brick, and a tile roof

transepts of the C14 (the north earlier) with Decorated traceried windows and ogee cusped openings (2 squints). C14 arcade of 3 bays with a narrow south aisle, with wall restored in the C18 (exterior plaque dated 1702) with 2 small windows

Tile roof of continuous ridge, slightly-lower transept roof, low eaves to the south aisle

The floor of the chancel has many monumental slabs from the late 17th to the early C19, and there are several wall monuments within the same date range

The north wall of the north transept (the Shoddesdon Chapel) has a small altar tomb (with inlays for brasses now gone) partly buried in the wall, and above is a late-Gothic stone frame with decorated head and panelled sides, enclosing 3 brasses (of Robert Thornborough and his 2 wives) and an inscription brass dated 1522

The north wall of the nave contains a painted board of the Royal Coat of Arms (of George III 1812) and the west end of the aisle has a Victorian font

Photo coming soon