Building record 889/1/1 - Church of St. Peter & St. Paul

Church built in the 13th century, with 15th century additions. The building was restored, re-roofed and the chancel rebuilt in 1874 by E F Law. Built of uncoursed ironstone and limestone rubble and ironstone ashlar, with lead roofs. The church consists of a chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch and west tower.

{1} Church. C13th, C15th, restored, re-roofed and chancel rebuilt 1874 by E.F. Law. Uncoursed ironstone and limestone rubble and ironstone ashlar, lead roofs. Chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch, west tower. One-bay chancel has 3-light Decorated style C19 east window, 2-light Perpendicular windows north and south with straight heads. Chancel has slate roof and stone coped east gable. Nave has two 2-light windows with Perpendicular tracery to north side, offset buttresses to angles and between bays and north door with chamfered sunk-quadrant-moulded arch. To west of door C19 addition with 3-light straight-headed Perpendicular style north window. South aisle has 3-light Perpendicular east window, a 2-light window to east of porch with coupled lancets under hood mould with label stops, a single cusped lancet to west of porch. South door has round-headed arch on imposts within gabled south porch. Triple-hollow-chamfered doorway with 4-centred head and 2-light Perpendicular windows. North and south two-stage west tower within west end of nave has lancet window in projection to west wall and 2-light bell openings. All windows have hood moulds, some with label stops. Battlemented parapet to tower, otherwise plain parapets. Interior: nave has 3-bay south arcade with circular piers, simple moulded capitals, and chamfered round arches, a plain pier with impost to east and polygonal respond with half capital to westernmost arch. Pointed and double chamfered north nave windows have deep splays and intermediate arch. Early C14 tomb recess in south aisle with inscribed slab framed by cusped arch with ball flower ornament and crocketted hood mould with foliage finial. North and south door has pinnacled Gothick inner surrounds. Octagonal font with fleurons and pyramidal timber cover. Mid C19 stained glass east window and 2 late C14 roundels in north nave windows. Royal Arms of George III, oil on canvas, in tower. Early C19 chamber organ. 4 hatchments to members of Thornton family - oil on canvas- and numerous C18 and C19 wall monuments. One to Elizabeth Trimmell d.1757, signed by John Hunt, Northampton, and another to Thomas Thornton d.1783, by William Cox.

{6} Photo of a carved stone found in front of the nave. Circular, 38cm in diameter, 12cm thick.

{7} Undated photo, also photo dated November 1974.

{13} The only Romanesque element of the church is the plain south nave doorway dating from c1200.

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Dec 17 2024 3:52PM