← Database
St. Peter

St. Peter

Foston

Lincolnshire

Late C12, early C13, C15, C16, 1859, by Charles Kirk.

Architectural Features

Late C12 west tower of 3 stages with low plinth and moulded string courses.

West side has round headed late C12 doorway with moulded arch with chipstar decoration, damaged cable decorated hood mould and 2 weathered head label stops.

All 4 bell openings have 2 crudely pointed late C12 openings under round headed arch, on the east side a quatrefoil is set above, on the south, an oculus.

C15 moulded eaves, projecting gargoyles, battlements and ornate corner pinnacles.

2 reset C12 plain lancets, that to the east larger.

Early C13 south doorway inside porch with columnar responds, pointed arch with filleted rolls, hood mould, head label stops, and at apex, another weathered head.

West of porch C12 lancet reset.

West window is another C12 lancet.

C16 clerestorey of 2 small rectangular windows to east and single larger C19 rectangular window to the west.

C13 interior tower arch, steeply pointed with plain polygonal responds with abaci that run into string courses.

North arcade of c.1200 with octagonal piers and polygonal responds with double chamfered round arches.

Early C13 south arcade with octagonal piers and polygonal responds with double chamfered pointed arches with large heads in spandrels.

Round late C12 chancel arch with chevron and billet decoration, rectangular responds with scalloped capitals.

Early C13 south arch in chancel to south chapel is pointed with polygonal responds.

C17 altar table.

C12 octagonal font supported on claws, with decorated panels, C20 rectangular supports and hood.

Pews, screen gates, pulpit all C20.

Hatchment of 1717.