Description

TF 23 NE WIGTOFT MAIN ROAD
(north side)

8/97 Church of St.Peter
and St. Paul
26.1.67
I

Parish church. C12, C13, late C13, C14, C15, restoration 1891.
Ashlar, squared coursed limestone rubble, lead roofs. Western
tower, nave with clerestory, aisles, south porch, chancel. 3
stage tower with plinth, chamfered string course, battlemented
parapet, stepped buttresses and octagonal south western stair
turret. Recessed spire with lucarnes. C15 2 light panelled
traceried belfry openings to each side. Round headed C12 west
door possibly reset, with above C12 window with collared nook
shafts, foliate capitals and chevron moulded rounded head. C14
north aisle with 2 light west window and 3 three light side
windows, all with reticulated tracery. Blocked C14 continuously
moulded and pointed door. 8 three light C15 clerestory cusped
windows with chamfered surround, embattled parapet. In the C19
ashlar organ chamber a reset 2 light matching window. Cl9 4
light east window to chancel with panel tracery. Fleuron frieze
to string course, stepped and gabled buttresses. Moulded C14
priest's door with label stops, chamfered hood. Position
indicates chancel shortened. Also a tall C15 3 light window,
panel traceried with concave moulded surround. South aisle has
C14 3 light east and west windows and 3 similar to the south, all
with cusped reticulated tracery. Clerestory matches that to the
north. Gabled Cl9 south porch with reset C13 outer arch, shafted
reveals, stiff leaf frieze and moulded head. C13 inner doorway,
double chamfered with moulded hood. Interior. 4 bay late C13
nave arcades with quatrefoil filleted shafts, annular capitals,
moulded heads. C13 tower arch, chamfered with a step, octagonal
reveals and capitals, it cuts blocked C12 single arches to either
side. Above can be seen the earlier nave roof line. Nave roof
is C15, with moulded principals. In the south aisle a C14 trefoil
headed piscina and a plain aumbry. The easternmost window has a
C14 brattished sill and a row of human heads above a tomb recess.
C14 chancel arch with wave moulded reveals, annular capitals and
moulded head. Arch to rood loft, behind chancel arch. C19 arch
in chancel to organ chamber. C19 roof on outsize corbels.
Fittings. Cl7 plain baluster altar rails. C17 octagonal pulpit
with chip carved panels and dentillated frieze. Some elements
remains of much restored C15 chancel screen, 5 panel traceried
bays with cusped ogee arches. C19 octagonal ashlar font.

Listing NGR: TF2628236228

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17526139

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