St Peter

C13 or early C14 chancel, C14 towel (upper part C15), alterations of 1822, added Witts Mortuary Chapel of 1854 by Francis Niblett, a Gloucestershire gentleman architect, and careful restoration of 1877 by J E K Cutts.

4 bay C12 nave with north aisle

tower inserted into west bay in C14

south porch with an assembly of carved C12 fragments, 3 bay chancel with Witts chapel to north.

C15 sanctus turret.

3 stage west tower re-Using Norman orders, vault and corbels presumably from a tower further west (by 1 bay)

Interior: tower arch and vault:- impressive jumble of re-used Norman material, further carved Norman corbels in deadening chamber.

Chancel arch also by Niblett in 'modern Norman'.

Two fonts, one C15 restored, an octagonal chalice type, C13 piscina in chancel

SP1523 : Font in Upper Slaughter church

© Philip Halling

C14 easter sepulchre now plugged by a provincial baroque monument to Frances

Andrew Wanley died 1682.

Other monuments listed by Buildings of England Series, D Verey, Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds Good stained glass by Clayton and Bell

A stained glass window in Upper Slaughter church created by Tom Denny. The window is a memorial to Major-General and Mrs F.V.B. Witts. The window was installed in 1995.

© Philip Halling

Mortuary Chapel has faded Hardman glass

the marble Witts tomb which cost £1000 is signed Waller

tiles and part of ceiling patterning survive in Mortuary Chapel.

Not mentioned in Domesday Book, but in the Civil War the Abbot of Gloucester complained that the church had been used for defensive purposes - perhaps that church was partially destroyed as there is evidence of both early and mid C12 work.