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St Peter

St Peter

Frampton Cotterell

Gloucestershire

C15 tower, remainder 1858 by John Norton.

Architectural Features

3 stage tower with diagonal buttresses and plinth which carries shields on buttresses, and south-east polygonal stair-turret which rises to an ornate top, 2 tiers of cusped panels, then shield bearing angels, crocketed pinnacles and a conical cap

first stage has west door under moulded arch with hoodmould surmounted by an angel and terminated by regal stops, above is a 3-light pointed window, hoodmould has only head stops

Fittings: stone pulpit, screen with crocketed niches and statues of Peter and Paul

octagonal font may predate church

Memorial brass inscribed to John Symes 1661.

Glass: a didactic series, probably by Bell of Bristol, preceded by one painted window, Annunciation with the new church in the background by C.L. Burckhardt of Munich, 186-.