THIS Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is situated
on the south-east side of the village, and stands on a knoll of ground.
It consists of a nave; south aisle; chancel, with a chapel on either
side; and a tower at the west end. There are four arches between the
nave and aisle, supported by octagonal pillars, with plain though rather
heavy-looking capitals, of Perpendicular character. The nave is lighted
on the north side by four Decorated windows of two lights each—all
perfect except one, which has lost its tracery and has a common wooden
frame inserted instead. There are five windows in the aisle, three of
which are similar to those in the nave; the other two are Perpendicular
of three lights. The east window of the south chapel is also
Perpendicular: on the south side of this chapel is another window, with
a wooden frame in the place of its mullions and tracery. In the base of
this window, under a foliated arch, is an ancient altar tomb, the front
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with quatrefoil panels; the top is a slab
of Bethersden marble, 7 feet 9 inches by 3 feet 2 inches, which in all
probability sustained a sculptured effigy. There are no traces of an
inscription nor indents of brass. In the spandrels of the foliated arch
are quatrefoils with heads apparently of ecclesiastics; the whole is now
thickly covered with whitewash. By the side of this tomb is a large
trefoil-headed piscina, with very narrow stone shelf.
Leaning against the east wall of the south chapel is an
altar stone with two of its five crosses visible; it is broken at one
end, and measures 5 feet 4 inches by 2 feet 8 inches. A Decorated screen
separates the chapel from the south aisle. The Perpendicular rood screen
also remains, and the stone corbels which supported the loft, the
approach to which is still open on the south side. On each side of the |