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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

King's Somborne

Hampshire

C12 origins, chancel and S aisle C13, chancel rebuilt early C14, mid C14 side chapels to W chancel bays, N aisle and tower, in 1886 N arcade, part of S arcade, chancel arch, W aisle bays, tower and S porch rebuilt

Architectural Features

Course flint and stone dressings, plain tile roof and timber upper part to tower, shingled spire

Plan of C13/C14 chancel with W bay having C14 side chapels continuing C13/C14 aisles of C12 nave and in W bay of nave large W tower with timber belfry and spire, to E of it S porch

E end of chancel has early C14 3-light reticulated window with hood-mould, and diagonal buttresses

In chancel side walls to E of centre wide C14 trefoiled window, to W mid C14 squareheaded 2-light trefoiled window

Chapels have late C14 squareheaded 3-light trefoiled window with label, with some old glass

S aisle has 6 small square headed 2-light trefoiled windows 3 C14, one reset in old doorway, 3 C19

N aisle 4 C15 similar windows, much repaired, a C19 similar at W and W of centre C19 gabled porch, buttress each side and pointed door with label, inside door of reused stone

In NE monument 1736 to Needham Family in marble of console brackets supporting sill, inscribed panel on with Doric columns supporting entablature and broken segmental pediment with cartouche

To W low set C14 sept-foil ogee moulded recess containing slab with in low relief figure under trefoiled canopy, around edge Gothic inscription

Chancel arch C13 rebuilt C19, with 2 chamfered order arch on C13 simple round capitals and shafts

To SE C19 stone pulpit

5 arcade 3 bays, C13 restored C19, E bay and arch of next C13, of 2 chamfered orders with simple round capitals and columns

In S aisle C17 altar rails of turned balusters and moulded rails

In NE remains of C15 canopy in stone of pointed arch with battlemented cornice over

N arcade C19 copy of S. C15 principal purlin aisle roof

Nave roof plastered but below 3 C17 moulded tiebeams

In W bay octagonal Purbeck marble font with arcaded sides and central stem and 8 smaller shafts