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St Peter and St Paul

St Peter And St Paul

Hertfordshire

Tring

Built in C13 with Totternhoe Stone

Architectural Features

C13 fabric and plan of aisled nave and square ended chancel, N aisle rebuilt, S aisle widened and S porch built in early C14 and lower stages of W tower soon after Nave arcades rebuilt, clearstorey added, tower completed and chancel arch renewed in C15

Chancel and N aisle partly rebuilt in C16

Remaining from C13 are a lancet window by altar on N wall of chancel, moulded rear-arch of S doorway which itself is a C19 copy of a C13 original (doorway re-used in C14 aisle), and 3-lobed bell capital from arcade set in a niche in N aisle

Low pitched roof with carved bosses at junctions of ridge and purlins with principals and all painted and gilded in medieval multicolours

N wall has C13 lancet with deep internal splays and small rectangular locker recess below

A 2 bays arcade in C15 style gives onto choir vestry with organ and N window re-used from chancel N wall, matching the 3 early C16 S windows of chancel each of 3 cinquefoil lights

Several C17 monuments to Anderson family of Pendley set in floor

C14 pointed canopy fragment in N aisle niche probably from sedilia in chancel and fragments of early C14 figure tiles kept in church, and others dispersed in mid C19 restoration

14 large carved stone C15 fabulous beasts in spandrels of arcades support shafts running up to support moulded corbels to 14 carved wooden figures at the springing of the moulded curved braces to the cranked tie beams of the roof with moulded ridge, purlins and wallplates supporting flat rafters, and moulded sub-principals

C13 grave slab with raised cross fleurie set into floor

Lower stage of tower has C14 stone tierceron vault with chamfered ribs, central circular bell-opening, and ridge-ribs which are not aligned on centre

Monument to Sir William Gore, Lord Mayor of London 1701-1702 possibly by Grinling Gibbons