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St Peter

Upper Arley

Worcestershire

Early C14 incorporating C12 fragments, extended C16, restored 1791 and 1885.

Architectural Features

Sandstone ashlar with tile roof.

Nave: south wall has crenellated parapet, the merlons decorated with blind quatrefoils, of two bays, lower part C14, clerestory C16

clerestory has two windows of four lights udder square heads, lower part has C19 stone porch to left with Tudor arched entrance, south door behind C14, with 2-centred head

North aisle: four bays with buttresses, three bays to west have C14 side windows each of two ogee lights under 2-centred heads, C16 north chapel has a window of three pointed lights under square head.

Interior: three-bay C14 arcade to north aisle has 2-centred arches on columns of quatrefoil plan.

Fittings: some C12 decorative fragments set high up in south wall of nave

wall memorial to Henry Lyttelton, died 1693, capped by urn.

C14 recumbent knight in stone under north arcade of chancel, also some reset floor tiles, C14 impressed types

late C15 Malvern school tiles.