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St Peter

Withington Marsh

Herefordshire

C12 origins, remodelled

Architectural Features

added to in C13

C14, restored 1858.

Four-bay nave and two- bay chancel under continuous roof, late C13 or early C14 ashlar built west tower and spire, north organ chamber dated 1899, late C19 south porch.

Nave: blocked north doorway under C12 semi-circular arch head and jambs with heavy roll mouldings similar to south doorway.

C15 north-west window of two trefoil headed lights under square head.

East window of north wall is C13 lancet, to the west of it is a C14 2-light ogee-headed window.

Liturgical division marked by large moulded arched truss, crossing the chancel screen, which in part may be C15 but appears heavily restored.

Screen, perhaps part of a C15 rood loft, but restored, has crested beam above eight open panels with ogee traceried heads.

C13 trefoil-headed piscina in south wall of nave has foiled drain

Communion table is C17 with balustered legs, three contemporary chairs.

Late C19 font has six marble shafts with stiff-leaf capitals supporting sexfoil shaped bowl.

Plaque: in north wall of chancel to William Saxeye, chief justice of Munster, died 1612: E HERE LYETH Y BODYE OF WILLIAM SAXEYE ESQVIER IVSTICE OF PEACE & CORAM IN THIS COVNTY OF HERIFORD HE WAS CHEEFE IVSTICE OF YE PROVINCE OF MVNSTER IN IRLAND FOR YE SPACE OF XV OR XVI YEARES HE WAS BORNE AT BRISTOLL AND DIED AT LITTLE THINGILL THE VII th OF FEBRVARY IN THE YERE OF OVR LORD GOD 1612 (RCHM, Vol II, p 216).