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Plume Library, Including Tower Of Former Church Of St Peter

Heybridge

Essex

Tower of late C14, upper part rebuilt

Architectural Features

2-light west window with Perpendicular tracery and small fragments of stained glass in head.

HISTORY: the nave of St Peter's church collapsed in 1665.

It is one of the oldest public libraries in England, containing over 7,000 volumes, mainly of the C16-C17.