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St Peter

St Peter

Dalby

North Yorkshire

Early C12, C15, C16 and C19.

Architectural Features

Nave: C12

west end has C15 flat-headed window of two trefoiled ogee-headed lights, with hood mould, and C19 two-light belfry

north side C15, of coursed stone, blocked continuously-moulded chamfer-stopped Tudor-arched doorway, and high-level single-light window towards east end and stepped buttress.

Chancel: C15, coursed stone

each bay has a C16 low single-light flat-headed window, rebated and with iron stanchion and saddle bars

below left window a worn shield with crudely-carved head

east end has diagonal buttresses and C16 window of three-lights matching those on south, and on each jamb a carved stone, with the crossed keys of St Peter to left, and the Instruments of the Passion to the right, also a worn stone above, each with a dripstone, and with a worn shield with crudely carved head further to the left of the window

north side has two stepped buttresses and a water-spout in each bay, that to east a gargoyle.

Interior: early C12 chancel arch on imposts, and facing nave to left, a pointed-arched niche

four C15 oak tie beams in nave

on north wall of nave, fragment of black-letter painted inscription in decorative border, also white marble memorial tablet to Rev Thomas Lumley d. 1805 set on coloured marble mount

on south wall of nave, aedicule monument to Alan Ascough, Armiger, who died in 1675 aged 85 years after a marriage of 63 years to his wife Ann, the Corinthian columns carry a steep open pediment font a large hemispherical bowl on a C19 stem and base