| Summary : Parish church. 12th century south doorway and tympanum, circa 1230 chancel, circa 1240 south aisle and south arcade, nave north wall circa 1400, south aisle widened and west tower added 15th century. South porch circa 1500. Chancel lengthened by 3m. 1868. 3 bay chancel, 5 bay nave with south aisle, south porchand west Tower. |
More information : (SP76671107) St Peter and St Paul's Church [NAT].(1)
Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, built of coursed shaley rubble
with stone dressings. The walls of the nave, tower and aisle are
almost entirely covered with cement. The roof of the chancel is tiled,
while those of the nave and aisle are covered with lead.
A church existed on the site in ca.1140 for the South doorway is of
that date, and the wall above the South arcade of the nave may be
part of the original building. The chancel was rebuilt and enlarged
ca.1230, the South aisle and arcade were built ca.1240, when the
C12th door was moved to its present position where it may have
formed the outer entrance to a C13th porch, incorporated in the aisle
in the C15th. The existence of the porch is also indicated by the
differences of level in the floor of the aisle. The North wall of the
nave was rebuilt at the end of the C15th. The South aisle was
widened and the West tower added in the first half of the C15th,
when the C13th West doorway was reused in the West wall of the
tower. The South porch was added late in the C15th or early in the
C16th. In 1868, the church was completely restored and the chancel
lengthened about 9 feet towards the East. The South doorway is a
fine example of C12th work; the carving on the tympanum and lintel,
with inscription, are especially interesting.(2)
Parish Church of Saints Peter and Paul. The South doorway of
ca.1140 is a splendid Romanesque work of three orders. The lintel
is carved with a dragon and St Michael, the tympanum with a tree
and monsters eating apples. Above the lintel is a Latin inscription.
Grade I.(3)
The inscription on the lintel is recorded. The font appears to be a
C14th recut of a C12th cup-shaped bowl on a wide circular moulded
base.(4)
Additional reference.(5) |