Architectural Features
C15 nave and aisle rebuilt in 1868, incorporating some C15 work, and chancel rebuilt and porch (possibly replacing an earlier structure) and vestry added also in 1868.
Plan and development: C19 three-bay nave and south aisle with south porch in the first bay from the west, all restored and largely rebuilt (in a C15 Gothic style) in 1868.
Two-bay chancel rebuilt in 1868 in an Lancet Gothic style (possibly replacing a C13 chancel) with a north vestry of 1868 which also became an organ chamber when that instrument was inserted in 1906.
C15 west tower.
C19 first-stage west window (probably a restoration of a C15 window) of 3 ogee cinquefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery, hollow-chamfered reveals, returned hoodmould and dressed stone arch above.
C15 continuously-moulded arched west doorway below with C19 returned hoodmould, dressed stone arch above and pair of probable early C20 plank doors.
Cresswell refers to some carved initials on the dripstones of the tower windows (SF and WB: WW) but these were not noted at time of survey The south aisle has buttresses (diagonal at corners) with chamfered offsets, and parapeted gable ends with shaped kneelers, coping and cross at apex to east.
Two square-headed windows of 3 ogee cinquefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery and returned hoodmoulds with carved square stops.
The west end of the south aisle has a window of 3 ogee cinquefoil-headed lights with panelled tracery, hollow-chamfered reveals, returned hoodmould and dressed-stone arch above, and the east end of the south aisle has a window with 3 cinquefoil-headed lights, hoodmould with carved square stops and dressed-stone arch.
Three square-headed windows of 3 ogee cinquefoil-headed lights with tracery and hoodmoulds with carved square stops (some carved with monograms: "NH" and "AH").
Two south windows consisting of short paired chamfered lancets which have hoodmoulds with richly-carved foliate stops.
The east end has a string course carried around the flanking buttresses and stepped up to the cill of stepped triple chamfered lancets which have hoodmoulds with richly-carved foliate stops.
Square-headed north window with 2 cinquefoil-headed lights and hoodmould with square stops carved with monograms.
Chamfered Caernarvon- arched east doorway with runout stops, left-hand spandrel with the carved initials: "I.P", right-hand spandrel with the carved initials: "E.P.C." and C19 plank door with decorative strap hinges.
Chancel arch consisting of a continuous hollow chamfer with bar stops and moulded inner arch springing from short wall columns with carved foliate capitals and corbels.
Hoodmould with carved foliate stops.
Moulded string course around walls of chancel (carried over north door as hoodmould) with carved stops.
Triple east lancets have Purbeck marble nook shafts with moulded bases and capitals and shaft rings, hollow-chamfered jambs, rear arches with dogtooth ornament and hoodmoulds with carved foliate stops (Cresswell says that the lancets are old, with later nook shafts, but the windows appear to be completely C19, although possibly renewed).
Two south windows have Purbeck shafts with moulded bases and capitals and shaft rings, hollow-chamfered jambs, rear arches with dogtooth ornament and hoodmoulds with carved foliate stops.
Chamfered-arched piscina with carved leaf decoration above and reset old granite bowl.
Moulded trefoiled-arched recess (possibly aumbry) to north with carved crockets and carved foliate end stops.
May memorial above doorway consisting of large marble moulded trefoil panel with dogtooth ornament, carved crockets and painted and gilded base consisting of carved stone band supported on short Purbeck marble colonnettes at each end with moulded bases and capitals.
Arched-bracing springing from carved angele corbels.
The corbels supporting the end trusses have other carved ornament, including a monogram (S.W.) and St Peter's crossed keys (S.E.).
Blocked C15 granite doorway (probably formerly leading to roof loft) to left of east window of south aisle with moulded depressed arch and panelled spandrels.
Tall C15 granite tower arch with 2 chamfers dying into jambs.
Doorway to tower stair with hollow-chamfered arch (C15 granite head and C19 limestone jambs) and C19 plank door with decorative wrought-iron strap hinges.
Stone reredos of 2:2:2 bays consisting of paired trefoiled moulded blind arches on marble shafts with foliate capitals and moulded bases, with diaper-patterned spandrels and a roundel between, the centre 2 arches with a carved bird (probably a dove) and carved flowers in the spandrels around it.
Carved Gothic altar table with a wide trefoil arch to the centre at the front.
Frontals consisting of trefoiled arches with pieced spandrels divided by colonnettes and ends carved with poppyheads and heraldic ornament.
Octogonal wooden pulpit of circa 1868 with trefoil-headed panels, brass candlesticks and support for reading desk, and steps with painted and gilded twisted wrought-iron balustrade.
Brass lectern, erected 1914 in memory of Charles William Hole.
Octagonal stone font of 1868 at the west end of aisle with 2 square steps, trefoil-panelled stem with moulded base, bowl with carved quatrefoil panels, and C19 pyramidal wooden cover suspended by a chain from the ceiling, with cresting around the sides and finial.
C19 benches have square ends with carved traceried panels and heraldic ornament.
Some surviving C15 bench ends (7 at rear of nave and 2 at rear of aisle) with various traceried panels and heraldic ornament.
The stained glass in the chancel, in memory of the Revd.
Probably late C19 or early C20 stained glass in the west window of the south aisle.
The rest of the windows are glazed with diamond-leaded clear glass.
Momuments: Two mid C17 slate tablets on the north wall of the nave, with strapwork stone surrounds and painted heraldic ornament.
A church at Roborough is first mentioned in 1275.