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St Peter

Pertenhall

Bedfordshire

Mainly C15 with earlier and later details

Architectural Features

Chancel: probably originally C12, rebuilt in C13

Of C14 N chapel, since destroyed, only one blocked bay of arcade remains

C13 chancel arch

C15 clerestory to N. S windows heightened in C15, central one retaining C14 square-headed window with trefoiled lights in lower half, outer pair with transoms at half height

C13 S doorway under C15 Porch

N aisle originally c119O, widened C15

Embattled parapets to S and E elevations, plain parapets to N. C15 4-stage W tower has simple W doorway diagonal buttresses and broach spire with 2 tiers of lucarnes

Interior: C13 effigy in recessed arch to E wall of N aisle

1685 mural monument in vestry

C13 octagonal font with foliate capital to one outer shaft

Perpendicular rood screen retails traces of colour and gilding, with inscription referring to Transfiguration

Some C16 and C17 pewing

2 C15 tie beams with carved heads to chancel roof.

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