Ss Peter And Paul

C12 reused material.

C13 tower, upper two stages rebuilt with original material in 1876, belfry added later to tower and spire shortly after.

C13 chancel rebuilt on original site, but widened to north

Early in C14 nave arcades and clerestorey rebuilt in line with widened chancel, and c.1330 north aisle rebuilt and south porch.

Chancel walls raised and reroofed in late C15, and aisles reroofed.

Nave roof early C16.

Restoration to north aisle, buttresses inscribed 'TA IP CW 1684' and '1684'.

Pebble-rubble, limestone rubble, reused mediaeval stone with dressings of Weldon, Ketton and Barnack stone.

Clerestoreys with early C16 embattled parapet has four windows with Y-tracery in two-centred arches.

Aisles with late C15 embattled parapets, carved gargoyles, north aisle has C13 doorway and windows with net- tracery and one C15 cinque-foiled light window.

South aisle has two C13 windows, one C14 window with net-tracery and one C15 window replacing two original C13 windows.

Doorway c.1260 has a two-centred moulded arch carried on circular shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

South porch c.1340 partly restored in C15 with incomplete early corbel table.

Chancel has reused C13 moulded string-course decorated with mask corbels.

North and south walls of six bays with similar arches with four lancet windows, one original blocked doorway to north, windows and doorway in south wall altered in C14

Chancel arch c.1250, arch carried on single detached shafts with moulded capitals and bases.

South and north arcades c.1330 and similar, of four bays with two-centred arches, octagonal piers with moulded capitals and bases.

Chancel roof late C15 of four bays with cambered, moulded tie beams and braces forming four-centred arches has carved bosses to intersections, and carved angels with outspread wings.

Late C15 on early C16 nave roof of six bays, restored in '1635 RW' on shield held by carved figure.

Roofs of both aisles of twelve bays with moulded timbers with carved figures on wall-posts of north aisle, wall posts of south aisle have carved angels.

Roof of porch C15.

Font, plain octagonal bowl with moulded soffit and octagonal stem.

TL1876 : Alconbury, St. Peter and St. Paul's Church: The font 2

© Michael Garlick

C15 glass in spandrels of clerestorey windows.

Three lockers in east wall of chancel, C13.

C14 piscenae in aisles.