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St Peter and St Clare

St Peter And St Clare

Fenny Compton CP

Warwickshire

Late C13/early C14 chancel, largely rebuit late C18/C19 and late C19

Architectural Features

late C13 nave

late C14 north aisle, west tower and spire, and porch

C16 clerestory

C14 moulded arched doorway has hood mould with block stops

C17 double-leaf plank doors

Late C14 north doorway of 2 sunk-chamfered orders has hood mould with head stops

C16 with 4-centred lights to north, C19 with trefoiled lights to south

Late C14 west window of 2 orders, with cinqfoiled reticulated tracery and hood mould with head stops

North and south gargoyles

C14 chancel arch of 2 chamfered orders, the inner on half-octagon shafts with moulded capitals and bases, and hood mould with return stops

Nave has 5-bay C14 north arcade of 2 chamfered orders and octagonal pillars with moulded capitals and bases

easternmost bay has fragmentary foliage carving

Fittings: C17 communion rails with twisted balusters

Font has C19 bowl on old cylindrical stem and square base

Pulpit of 5 late C17 fielded panels

C17 chest

Stained glass: north aisle east window c.1883

Monuments: chancel has reset brass with inscription to Richard Willis 1597

Elizabeth Croker 1719: wall monument with flaming urn. (V.C.H.: Warwickshire, Vol.I, pp.48-9