St Peter

two late C17-early C18 headstones with oval inscription panels and rich decoration in almost 3-dimensional relief.

carved spandrels, one with a Tudor rose, one with a vine motif

C15 studded plank door with fillets within a moulded 4-centred arched surround with carved and painted spandrels with naturalistic oak leaf and ivy leaf decoration.

Chancel: 5-light Tudor-arched east window

2-light belfry windows with stone louvres and hoods with carved head stops

C16 roof to the nave with braced ramped tie-beams and moulded intersecting beams with carved wooden bosses

similar C16 roofs to the south-aisle and south chapel

fine angel corbels carrying musical instruments to the south aisle.

Round-headed doorway high up in the north wall of the nave where it joins the chancel, formerly giving access to a rood screen.

Finely carved C16 wooden screens with blind tracery and vine scroll frieze divides the nave and south aisle from the chancel and south chapel

similar C16 screen divides the chancel from the south chapel.

C11 tub-shaped stone font inside the south door (reputed to have been brought from Elmore by the Guise family) decorated with an arcade containing the eleven figures representing the apostles.

SP0109 : Rendcomb St. Peter - Lead Font

© Alan Longbottom

C18 chalice-shaped stone font at the west end of the nave.

C19 pulpit possibly incorporating carved panels possibly from the former rood loft.

Finely carved panel decorated with Katherine of Aragon's pomegranate reused as a cupboard door on the vestry.

Fine C17 communion rails with turned balusters and acorn finials

Monuments: two ledgers in the nave aisle one to Robert Berkeley, died 1690 one to Rebekah, wife of Robert Berkeley, died 1707.

North wall of chancel: large ornate Baroque monument formerly highlighted in gold to Jane, daughter of Robert and Rebekah Berkeley, died 1672 with an oval inscription panel with foliate surround with large palm leaves either side

White marble monument over the door to the vestry to a member of the Berkeley family, with almost illegible inscription possibly dated 1727, cartouche- like surround to the inscription panel with palm fronds either side

South chapel: 2 chest tombs one to Eleanor Iermye, died 1629, wife of Sir R.Y. Berkeley, with black marble top and two polished limestone heraldic plaques on the side.

Similar monument opposite to members of the Guise family.

Both monuments appear to be either C18 or earlier C19 in date.

Stained glass: fragmentary C16 Renaissance style stained glass

SP0109 : Rendcomb, St. Peter's Church: Stained glass window

© Michael Garlick

small figures of winged sibyls, survive within the tracery at the top of windows in the south chapel and south aisle

medallions of C17 Flemish glass set in the windows of the north aisle