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St Peter

St Peter

Chetnole

Dorset

C13 origin.

Architectural Features

Tower C15, Porch C17, chancel rebuilt and aisle added 1860-65, architect W Slater.

Moulded string course with carved gargoyles below parapet.

In south wall of nave, west of porch, one C13 lancet.

2 C15 - Perpendicular style 3-light windows, with hoodmoulds.

In east wall of north aisle, a re-set C15 three-light Perpendicular style window.

Late C15 barrel roof to nave, with moulded ribs, carved bosses and enriched moulded wall plate.

Stone flag floor in nave - C19 tiles in chancel.

North arcade has moulded arches, piers with attached shafts and carved caps.

Carved stone corbels in wall above this, supporting nave roof ribs.

Tower arch has single shafts with carved caps.

On each side of this, angle corbels with carved heads support eastern buttresses to tower.

Font, C19, octagonal, with quatrefoil panels.

C19 oak pulpit.

Piscina in south nave wall.( RCHM Monument 1. (Dorset. Vol.I))