Church Of St Peter

TL 0865 PERTENHALL KIMBOLTON ROAD

10/118 Church of St Peter

13.7.64

GV I

Parish church. Mainly C15 with earlier and later details. Coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings. Chancel, N vestry, nave, S porch, N aisle, W tower. Chancel: probably originally C12, rebuilt in C13. Of C14 N chapel, since destroyed, only one blocked bay of arcade remains. Chancel E end rebuilt 1848. N vestry also 1848. C13 chancel arch. Nave has 3 bay N arcade of c119O, with some dogtooth to central arch. C15 clerestory to N. S windows heightened in C15, central one retaining C14 square-headed window with trefoiled lights in lower half, outer pair with transoms at half height. Blocked rood stair to SE corner. C13 S doorway under C15 Porch. N aisle originally c119O, widened C15. 2 1848 windows to N wall. Embattled parapets to S and E elevations, plain parapets to N. C15 4-stage W tower has simple W doorway diagonal buttresses and broach spire with 2 tiers of lucarnes. Interior: C13 effigy in recessed arch to E wall of N aisle. 1685 mural monument in vestry. C13 octagonal font with foliate capital to one outer shaft. Perpendicular rood screen retails traces of colour and gilding, with inscription referring to Transfiguration. Some C16 and C17 pewing. 2 C15 tie beams with carved heads to chancel roof.

Listing NGR: TL0842365417