Nominal: 852.5 Hz Weight: 1120 lbs Diameter: 35.25" Bell 1 of 6
Founded by Richard Baxter
Dove Bell ID: 5581 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Ringland: St Peter
Overview
Grid reference: TG 133 140
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade I listed building Visitor parking nearby Rood Screen Stained Glass Angel Roof
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 307 m²
Exterior Description
C13 west tower. Remainder of fabric C14 and C15. Flint with limestone dressings. Lead roofs over nave and aisles; slate roof on chancel. West tower, south porch, nave, north and south aisles and chancel. Square west tower with staged angle buttresses at north-west and south west corners. Embattled parapet with flushwork panels and bases for corner pinnacles. 2- light Decorated bell openings; single lancet in west wall. C15 south porch in knapped flint with flushwork gable; flushwork panels in plinth of east and west walls. Arched doorway under a square label with angels carved in the spandrels. Head stops. Three south aisle windows with C19 restored heads; staged buttresses divide bays. Fine Perpendicular clerestorey of seven 2- light windows. Blocked window in nave east gable. Staged buttresses to chancel walls with flushwork panels and shield motif in plinths. 2 and 3- light Decorated windows, some much restored. In the north wall of the north aisle, adjoining the doorway, a quatrefoil window possibly surviving from an earlier clerestorey range and now reset. Aisle east windows, 3-light intersecting and cusped tracery under a four-centred head. C14 north and south arcades; double chamfered arches on octagonal piers and capitals.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
Very fine C15 hammer beam roof over nave : roll-moulded principals; arch-braces from hammer beams concealed by rib-vaulted timber coving on wall posts with attached shafts rising from carved wall corbels. Vertical ashlar panels decorated with quatrefoil panels and castellated crest. Bosses at intersection of principals. Aisle roofs much restored : arch braces to principals with pierced spandrels. Aisles contain some re-used bench ends and C17 rails with turned balusters and posts with acorn finials. Old iron-bound door to tower set in restored opening. Remains of C15 screen : two sections of two panels with eight painted figures of Apostles. Octagonal font with carved bowl panels, stem with four pilaster buttresses and four seated beasts, all on octagonal plinth. Much medieval glass remains in clerestorey windows.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Nominal: 1303 Hz Weight: 476 lbs Diameter: 27.63" Bell 2 of 6
Founded by Thomas Osborn 1793
Dove Bell ID: 36501 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1170.5 Hz Weight: 532 lbs Diameter: 28.5" Bell 3 of 6
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1752
Dove Bell ID: 36502 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1086 Hz Weight: 588 lbs Diameter: 30" Bell 4 of 6
Founded by Thomas Gardiner 1752
Dove Bell ID: 36503 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 961.5 Hz Weight: 672 lbs Diameter: 32" Bell 5 of 6
Founded by (unidentified)
Dove Bell ID: 36504 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Diameter: 11.88" Bell 6 of 6
Founded by John Warner & Sons
Dove Bell ID: 36505 Tower ID: 12925 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: TG 133 140
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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