Description

MONKS ELEIGH CHURCH HILL
1.
5377
(east side)
Church of St Peter
TL 9647 54/775 23.1.58.
I
2.
A flint church with stone dressings largely of the C14 and C15 standing
on the site of a Saxon church. The C15 west tower has flush flint and
stone panelling, set back buttresses and a half octagonal stair turret
on the south face. The parapet is castellated and the upper stage of
the tower has octagonal buttresses terminated by crocketted pinnacles.
The aisles and chancel have castellated parapets. The south arcade
of the nave is C14 with octagonal piers with concave sides. The north
arcade has plain octagonal piers. The font is C13 with a square bowl
on a moulded central shaft and 4 corner pillars. There is a fine C15
octagonal pulpit with traceried panels. The chancel was rebuilt in
1855.

Listing NGR: TL9662147752

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17542468

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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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