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St Peter And St Paul

Westbury-on-Severn

Gloucestershire

Large parish church: early C14, restored 1862 and 1878.

Architectural Features

North facade thin, roughly squared grey stone brought to courses, larger, squared stone to quoins, ashlar to windows, south and most of west faces smooth reddish render lined as ashlar, chancel south and east well-squared stone approaching ashlar: roof late C20 machine-made red clay tile.

Interior plastered: 7-bay nave arcade, alternate octagonal and lobed pillars, with moulded caps and bases: hoodmoulds to plain moulded arches, with small carved heads as stops.

Carved reredos stone and alabaster extended as blind arcading across east wall: aumbry to match on left.

Plain 6-sided 1862 stone pulpit, blind quatrefoils above plinth: octagonal C19 stone font, with crosses, symbols of evangelists and dove on bowl, over trefoil-headed blind arcading on stem.

An older octagonal stone bowl set on octagonal stem dated 1583, with royal arms, on a splayed base.

A number of good C18 and early C19 wall monuments in chancel and at west end of aisles, including one to T. Sinderby with violin and score in white marble by J. Pearce of Frampton.

1686 monument in north porch, and benefactions board.

A number of good late C17 and C18 headstones in churchyard not separately listed.

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