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St Peter

St Peter

Normanby le Wold CP

Lincolnshire

Early C13, early C14, restored 1868 by James Fowler.

Architectural Features

Coursed ironstone rubble, ironstone ashlar, slate roofs with decorative ridge tiles.

First 3 stages of west tower early C13, upperstage, early C14.

North east and south east early C13 buttresses partially visible.

Early C14, fourth stage has moulded stringcourse running under bellopenings on all 4 sides.

Moulded eaves above, with projecting corner gargoyles, battlements and ornate corner pinnacles.

Early C14 interior north door with double chamfered arch and jambs, heavily restored inner order and hoodmould, weathered label stops.

East end of vestry has plinth and pointed window with 2 cusped lights, quatrefoil, hoodmould and foliated label stops, basically C19 but re-using some C13 fragments.

The latter by Fowler re-using C14 masonry, of 2 lights each divided by 2 cusped lights with trefoils set in mouchettes, and with hoodmould and ornate label stops.

Early C13 south aisle of nave with ashlar dressed plinth and south projecting angle buttress.

Single stage, early C13 buttress to west with C19 set off.

Early C13 plate traceried window of 2 cusped lights with quatrefoil above under pointed head.

Early C13 blocked doorway to west with moulded jambs, fragmentary palmette capital on east jamb, moulded imposts, that to the west damaged, and pointed head with single roll moulding and hoodmould.

Small, early C13 interior tower arch with double chamfered pointed head, polygonal responds with plain moulded capitals and polygonal abaci.

Narrow, early C13 corbel head set above.

Early C13 north and south responds partially restored by Fowler.

That on south is C13 and supported on south wall by large corbel of grimacing man with toothache.

Late C19 and early C20 pews, altar rail, lectern and pulpit.

Ornate marble C19 reredos with turrets, battlements, crockets, finials, inset mosaic and marble etc. C14 octagonal stone font on C19 moulded base.

C16 gravestone in south aisle with face and praying hands seen through a large quatrefoil as if through an opening in a coffin lid.