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St Peter

Alvescot

Oxfordshire

Earliest surviving features are early C13 details of north transept, and C13 north door of nave

Architectural Features

C14 south porch

Later C15 west tower, nave and south transept, latter with south wall rebuilt C16

C15 openings, with 2-light traceried windows to bellchamber, 3-light traceried west window, and small west door in double chamfered pointed head

Large C15 south window of 3 lights with Perpendicular tracery and small carved head stops to hoodmould

C15-C16 2-light north window with Tudor hoodmould

south door is C13-C14 with moulded arch and carved head hoodmould stops

South transept has C15-C16 2-light east window with cusped lights, and C16 3-light south window without cusping, both with Tudor hoodmoulds

At east end of nave on north side is a shallow niche with cusped 4-centred arch and traces of wall-painting

Nave roof remodelled C19 with quatrefoil wind-bracing but retaining C17-C18 tie-beams

Former roof-line marked by stone corbels with carved heads below

Arch between north transept and nave is early C13, restored, with moulded capital and base to cylindrical half-pier at west respond

Also in north wall is an Easter Sepulchre (?) assembled from various pieces of C14 masonry

Fittings: font is C12-C13 and has square stone bowl with shafted corners on base with narrow band of nailhead ornament

Other fittings and glass are C19

Monuments: brasses to Alice Malory 1579 and husband, in south transept

3 good marble wall tablets in nave: a) to Samuel Adams, Rector, d.1750, with obelisk and urn on pedestal. b) to Goddard Carter, d.1725, and wife Rebecca, with open pediment on Ionic columns, and charity panel below, c) to Elizabeth Adams, d.1728, and 7 children, with 3 carved cherub heads in a roundel

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