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St Peter

St Peter

Stockerston

Leicestershire

C13-C15, restored 1887.

Architectural Features

C15 ashlar tower of 3 stages with moulded plinth and angle buttresses.

S doorway, 3-light W window with fragment of medieval stained glass, and 4 1-lights on 2nd stage.

Good fragments of original C15 stained glass.

Doorway with carved niche over.

S aisle has similar Perp windows, the SE with C19 stained glass.

In S aisle C14 effigy of cross-legged knight in recess,

in N aisle C13 effigy of praying knight, both very worn.

Large brass to John Boville, died 1467, and wife (his head missing).

Brass to John Southill, died 1493, and wife.

Fine incised slab to Elizabeth Havers, died 1634, in black marble surround.

Also funerary helmet c1570 (altered). c1400 broken octagonal bowl font.

Fragments of medieval bench ends, some carved with blind tracery and coats of arms.