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St. Peter

St. Peter

Elwick

Durham

ELWICK HALL CHURCH BANK NZ 43 SE (off west side), Elwick 3/10 Village 16.11.67 Church of St. Peter -- II* Church, late C12 nave, restored mid/late C17 and 1895 re-roofed

Architectural Features

mid C17 chancel incorporates earlier masonry, re-roofed 1887

2 mid C17 mullioned windows with labels to south wall of chancel, and blocked, chamfered doorway between them.

C12 4-bay arcades, that to north of 2 chamfered orders springing from moulded octagonal capitals on short circular piers and bases with square plinths

½-round responds have waterleaf capitals c.1200 at east end, re-cut at west end.

Anglo Saxon sculptured stones built into east wall of nave.

Stained glass: north-east window of north aisle, by A.K. Nicholson (London) c.1916

In chancel, 2 sets of carved bench ends (8 in all) of c.1665 (Bishop Cosin was Rector of Elwick).

Number of late Georgian memorial tablets on north and south walls of chancel.

2 late C17 bells in tower.