St Peter

C14 with C19 and C20 additions and alterations.

nave, early C14 chancel, north and south aisles and central embattled tower with circular staircase at the north-east corner.

EXTERIOR: There are three Norman doorways, two of which are re-set.

Above it is set a stone with shallow-relief carving showing St Peter which may be Anglo-Saxon.

The earliest fenestration is the Geometrical tracery in the north window of the north transept of pre-1300, the rest are all of C14 date with intersecting or Y-tracery.

There are two C14 tomb recesses set in the outer walls of the south aisle and transept.

The north would seem to be later and is dated to c.1210 [Pevsner].

The chancel was restored and re-ordered in 1877 by Thomas Nicholson and the panelled ceiling was inserted at that time together with the choir stalls and pulpit, all in a Perpendicular style.

The font is C12 and has two tiers of decoration.

The communion table is C16 with bulbous legs.

There is a series of C14 tomb recesses to the nave and South transept.

Summary of Importance: This church is a major survival of C12 fabric, including three doorways, two especially fine, one with possibly pre-Conquest carving.

There is a C14 crossing tower with circular stair turret, window tracery, tomb recesses and a Norman font.