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St Peter

St Peter

Reading

Berkshire

Of various dates from C12, principally C15 and high Victorian

Architectural Features

Pleasant flint built parish church with Bath stone dressings and old tile roof

Four gables to east (chancel and aisles of equal height, vestry to north slightly set back). Nothing remains of the Norman church except for the south doorway with crude chevron and a reset window now in the Vestry

Five bay nave with three bay chancel (lengthened 1924-25 by Sir Ninian Comper). C15 north aisle with good perpendicular east chapel which has angel busts on capital

Norman Purbeck marble font.