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St. Peter

St. Peter

Langford Budville

Somerset

C15, tower early C16, south aisle early-mid C16, church restored 1846, north aisle added reusing north wall windows 1866, vestry and organ chamber added 1873, chancel redecorated tool.

Architectural Features

Squared and coursed red sandstone, Ham stone dressings, dado string, concrete tiles with slate roof to chancel, coped verges.

Three stage crenellated tower, set back buttresses, 2-light bell openings with Somerset tracery, clock face, string course, 3-light west window, moulded Tudor arch west doorway, C19 door, south-east crenellated stair turret

quatrefoil pierced parapet, with crocketed finials to south aisle, unlit west end, one 3-light window left of single storey gabled porch with quatrefoil pierced parapet, renewed crocketed finials, gargoyles and early C20 statue niche in Art Nouveau style with cross, pointed arch entrance,moulded with colonettes,diagonal buttresses, compartment ceiling.Perpendicular niche above moulded arch entrance, C19 door, two 3-light windows at east end, moulded 4-centred arch priest's door, 2-light window in south wall of diagonally buttressed chancel, 3-light east window, 2-light on north side, 3-light to organ chamber with tall chimney as clasping buttress, diagonal buttress to north aisle, 4 and 3-light windows, buttress between, 2-light west end.

Three bay standard Perpendicular arcade, stylized leaf-band capitals in original south aisle with needle and thread carved on south-east capital, similar arch between chapel and chancel, C19 bean between south aisle and chapel, C19 Perpendicular style chancel arch, remains of imposts of earlier arch visible

Roofs: chancel renewed ceiled barrel vault with bosses, nave plastered ribbed barrel vault with bosses and wall plate and ceilure at chancel end, C19 ribbed barrel vault, bosses and wallplate north aisle, similar with angels in south aisle.

ST1122 : The font in Langford Budville church

Perpendicular font on ornately carved base, possibly mid C16.Organ by Foster and Andrews of Hull, 1875.

ST1122 : The font in Langford Budville church

© David Smith

Collection of C19 stained glass including east window of south aisle to John de Haviland, died 1852.

Others in nave including one with good lettering to William Crofts, vicar, died 1675.

Oval marble tablet by T King of Bath with mourning figures by urn, William Parry Wade of Bindon House, died 1806.

Good aedicule monument, open pediment with coat of arms and putti, William Bacon died 1663, 1509 John Peryn of Wellington left three farthings towards the building of the tower.