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St Peter

Goodworth Clatford

Hampshire

C12, late C13, circa 1340, C15, and late C19

Architectural Features

Norman nave now represented by arcading of 3 bays on the south side (with C13 pointed arches with dog-tooth ornament resting on scalloped caps) set at the east end against a massive recangular support (with a wider arch beyond in the position of the first chancel). These are 3 late Norman bays on the north side of the nave with moulded caps and round columns

The chancel is C13, with coupled lancets

The aisle walls and windows, of coupled cusped lights, are C15, the south side being a widening of the earlier aisle and absorbing A C13 south trasept, built originally with the chancel

The tower at the west end is of the mid C14

The exterior has a single ridge to the tile roof, another ridged roof above the north aisle, and a lead sloping roof to the south aisle

The front is C12, being a Purbeck square top with arcaded sides, on a central drum, with 4 corner shafts moulded top and bottom

There are several wall monuments of the early C19, moulded top and bottom

There are several wall monuments of the early C19, three C18 paintings of religious subjects, and Prescription boards

On either side of the north aisle (former) east window are moulded canopies and brackets for statuary, and the east side capital of the eastern columns on the north side of the nave has carved heads of the medieval period

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