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Saint Peter

Saint Peter

Arlesey

Bedfordshire

Early C13, C14, C15 and C19

Architectural Features

Clay tile roofs

Chancel: C13

N and S walls each have 2 C13 lancets

C14 pointed E window of 3-lights with net tracery

C14 low-side window to NW

C14 chancel arch

Nave: C12 origins, but reworked C13 and C14, with clerestory added C15

2 E ones C13, 2 W ones C14

C13 4-bay S arcade with additional C14 half-bay to W. Clerestory has 5 windows each side, all of 2 lights under flat heads

S aisle: C13, extended to W C14

2 3-light 4-centred C15 windows to E part

N aisle: E half C13 W part C14 extension

C15 windows similar to S aisle, 3 to N wall, one to E. C14 pointed-arched 2-light one to E. C14 pointed-arched 2-light W window

C15 pointed arched N door

S porch: C19, gabled, enclosing C14 doorway

W tower: rebuilt 1877, although retaining C15 E arch

Interior: nave and aisles retain most of C15 roofs, with carved corbels showing angels with shields

C14 octagonal font, rather worn, has carved panels showing scenes of the Fall of Man and the Atonement

S aisle has early C17 squire's pew with panelled dado and slender lonic columns supporting round-headed arches, surmounted by boldly carved openwork frieze of dolphins

N aisle W bay has C14 tomb recess

Adjacent is marble wall monument to Anne Edwards (d.1733) and her son (d.1760), showing a grey obelisk with 2 white oval portrait medallions, flanked by urns.