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St Peter

St Peter

Welford on Avon CP

Warwickshire

Church. C1330-40 nave and lowest stage of tower, which has early C13 middle stage and C15 top stage

Architectural Features

aisles altered late C14

machine tile roofs

north side has 2-light window and vestry with re-set 2-light C14 east window and north entrance

North aisle has blocked C12 round-headed entrance and 3-light straight-headed window with traceried lights and label moulds

small C12 round-headed west light

C12 inner doorway altered C15 with zig-zag moulding and inset single-chamfered arch with battened doors

2-light C15 east window and small C12 round-headed west light

Tower has tall lower stage with no buttresses and small C12 round-headed west light

Nave has early C17 timber pulpit with flared base and fielded panels, fluted top panels, incised frieze and cornice

C13 font bowl with caps and bases to 4 shafts

now with C17 balusters

MONUMENTS: nave has slab indented for brass of C15 priest and slab to Anne and William Iakeman, d.1723 and 1735

STAINED GLASS: pieces of late C14 or early C15 glass re-set in south chancel windows in 1936

some medieval glass to north chancel window. (Victoria County Histories: Styles P: Victoria History of the County of Warwickshire: 1945-: 191-3