Architectural Features
Perpendicular, the aisle probably late C15 (qv Dunchideock).
South chancel chapel refurbished as the Peamore aisle in 1631, chancel restored 1841-2, Peamore aisle restored 1856.
The eastern-most is C19 with a hoodmould, the centre window has no cusping in the head tracery and may be C16, the westernmost is more steeply arched with cusped tracery.
The 2 eastern windows are C19 1 erpendicular with hoodmoulds, probably of the 1850s, the westernmost window preserves the remains of medieval label stops.
The double chamfered inner doorway is medieval, the inner order with bar cushion stops.
The Beerstone west doorway is arched and moulded below a 3-light C14 Perpendicular west window
The vestry has an octagonal brattishe chimney shaft and a 2-light circa 1870s Decorated window and chamfered Tudor arched doorway in the north wall.
The organ chamber has a re-used medieval Perpendicular window.
Ceiled wagon roofs with moulded ribs and carved bosses to the nave and south aisle, chancel roof an open wagon.
A I0-bay rood screen extends across nave and aisle, it has been thoroughly restored in the early C20 with the coning and most of the frieze replaced.
Medieval rood loft stairs and doorway survive.
The ceiling of the Peamore aisle (now the Lady Chapel) is remarkable, with a ceiled wagon with moulded plaster ribs and large figures in relief in panels embellished with angels and stars.
Named figures of the 12 apostles and 4 evangelists are depicted and, in the spandrels of the east window, scenes of the Nativity, Christ carrying the cross and the Resurrection, with the globe, sun and moon above the window arch.
On the north wall a Beerstone monument, erected in 1608, to Otho Petre, died 1607: a chest with kneeling figures divided by Corinthian columns with achievements above and a long punning Latin verse on the name of Petre.
The chancel contains this monument with the kneeling effigies of Otho Petre (†1608) and his wife, their two sons and a daughter.
On the north wall of the nave a wall monument commemorating Philipa Cooke, died 1690: an oval inscription tablet and cartouche flanked by Corinthian columns and crowned by a swan-necked pediment with an achievement, ancient colour survives.
The chancel also contains this wall monument to Philipa Cooke (†1690) and her husband John (†1695).
Of numerous early C19 wall tablets the memorial to Philip Stowey, died 1804, signed by J. Kendal is notable: a grey obelisk with an urn and inscription.
The east window, memorial date of 1876 is probably by Beer and Driffield.
2 fragmentary medieval stained glass figures in the vestry.
some good monuments.