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St Peter

Easton

Cambridgeshire

St.Peter) Parish church, noteworthy for its finely proportioned late C14 tower

Architectural Features

spire, and nave roof dated 1630.

The north wall and fragments of carved stones in the walls are early C12.

South aisle and arcade, chancel and chancel arch c.1300.

In C15 the east end of chancel rebuilt.

Rood stair, clerestorey and porch early C16.

Roofs all low pitched, covered in lead, north porch roof replaced with plain tile gable roof.

Two windows in four-centred arches of two lights with tracery, one window originally C14 and heightened.

Nave wall of three buttressed bays with angle buttresses at quoins, has two late C15 windows with two and three lights, mullioned and transomed.

The porch, c.1500, has a two-centred outer arch with continuous moulded jambs, roof has two C17 tie beams with jack legs and pendant finaials.

The inner doorway C14 with two-centred head has continuous moulded jambs.

South arcade c.1300 of four bays with two-centred arches of moulded capitals and chamfered bases on high square plinths.

Nave roof of four bays has moulded and carved beams with jack legs and moulded spandrels with shaped and pierced pendants and on soffit of tie beams.

South aisle roof modern with C17 tie beams.

C13 font with square bowl and chamfered angles.

C15 oak screen of five bays with open and panelled tracery.

Oak benches made from used C17 panels, and two popey-head pews.

C17 poor box on back bench.

C17 balusters in two modern desks said to have come from Stow Longa Manor House, RCHM (Hunts) p70- .