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St Peter. Railings on East and South Sides of Churchyard

St Peter. Railings On East And South Sides Of Churchyard

Dorchester

Dorset

Building in 1420/1.

Architectural Features

C12 south doorway reset in C15 church.

Pitched stone slate roof to nave, tiles to chancel, lean-to over aisles.

Angle buttresses with set backs, gargoyles at the eaves cornice and crocketed pinnacles placed diagonally above each.

Many monuments of which the following are outstanding.

2 C14 effigies of recumbent knights (presumably reset) in window embrasures of south chapel.

1 C14 tomb chest (presumably reset) in chancel north wall

Semi-reclining effigy of Denzil, Lord Holles,in north aisle: gadrooned sarcophagus in curtained, aedicule flanked by weeping putti Jacobean wooden pulpit.

Royal Arms with "CR" monogram under tower.

Victorian benches and tiles in chancel.

Nos 48 to 65A (consec) including the Shire Hall, Holy Trinity Church, the Museum, St Peter's Church and Monument to William Barnes in church yard immediately south of West Tower form a group.