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The Parish Church of St Peter

The Parish Church Of St Peter

Brampford Speke

Devon

C15 west tower, the remainder, 1852-3 by Butcher, consisting of nave, north aisle, south porch, south transept, north-east organ chamber and vestry.

Architectural Features

Diagonal buttresses with 3 offsets plus C17 corner obelisks serving as pinnacles.

Interior: mediaeval work: tower arch responds with wave moulding.

C16 tower ceiling.

The font, possibly C15, recut, octagonal with traceried panels, wanting its plinth.

Large, assertive, wooden pulpit.

Monuments: of historical interest wall monument to Rev. G C Gorham, d. 1865, by Hale of London (south transept, east wall)

mural monument to J Sheppard, 1865 by Stephens of Exeter (south transept, west wall).

Glass: good heraldic glass in south transept, south window and north aisle.