The Church Of St Peter

WEST TYTHERLEY THE COACH ROAD SU 22 NE 3/9 The Church of St. Peter

GV II

Parish church. 1833 nave, tower and porch by G Guthrie, chancel 1877 and possibly nave refenestrated. Earlier part header bond purple and blue brick, coursed knapped flint, stone dressings and slate roof; chancel grey limestone, Bath stone dressings, brick plinth, tile roof. Plan of nave with S porch, W tower and added chancel. Chancel Decorated style with 3-light cinquefoiled, with 2 quatrefoils and a trefoil in head, E window. Diagonal buttresses on corners. On sides 2 trefoiled lancets and central buttress. Nave has plinth and giant corner pilasters. Each side of centre square-headed 3-light cinquefoiled window with label to N and S. To N in centre plank panel with label. To S porch with brick corner pilasters, cornice and crennelations. Walls of flint with pointed brick arches, blind on sides, open to S with iron gates. Inside reset slabs: 1688 to Anna Whithed, 1657 to Mary Whithed. To W tower with corner brick pilasters, those to E cut by nave on lower stages. Walls of flint with to W door in pointed brick arch, to S squareheaded 2-light cinquefoiled window. In middle stage to W pointed 2-light cinquefoiled window. String to top stage and on all faces pointed bell opening. Stone cornice and brick crennelations. Inside chancel all late C19. 2 order Early English style chancel arch on foliated corbels. Timber screen. Nave has monuments to S: 1833 to Barth. Bouverie, 1815 to Charles Wall. On N wall, from old church, monuments: 1725 to Ann Smyth, 4 early C19 to Thistlethwayte family. At W end gallery of timber on cast iron columns, bowed forward in centre, with Royal coat of arms in centre. Under benefactors boards of 1725, and 1833 to commemorate rebuilding. To N in centre opposite door is Norman font from old church of square bowl on large central column with smaller corner shafts. Interior of 1833 has box pews towards E and open pews to W.

Listing NGR: SP2578727277