Church Of St Peter

WOOTTON SP4701 15/151 Church of St. Peter 09/02/66 GV II Church. Early C14: restored C15, C18 and in 1932. Coursed and uncoursed limestone rubble: rendered west wall. Gabled old tile nave roof and stone slate chancel roof. Nave and chancel with north chapel and vestry. Early C14 two-light Decorated east window: corner buttresses. South side of chancel has C13 two-light Y-tracery window and splayed light: mid C18 north chapel has similar C13-style window. North side of nave has 2 medieval and 2 C19 buttresses flanking late C15 three-light cinquefoil-headed window. Late C19 north vestry has C15-style door and window. South side of nave: late C15 two- and 3-light cinquefoil-headed windows flank C17 porch which was rebuilt in 1932: segmental-arched ovolo-moulded porch and south doors. West gable has offset corner buttresses and C16 two-light window above late C15 three-light window with restored mullions. Interior: reredos by Sir Ninian Comper. Early C14 ogee-headed piscina. Chancel roof designed by Rev. S.E. Cottam (c.l932). C18 segmental chancel arch. Nave has C18 ledger stone in aisle, C19 pulpit, and memorial tablet to Mrs. Elizabeth Hawkins d.1780: C18 candelabra. Medieval (probably C15) tiles relaid in porch floor. Stained glass: east window by Kempe commemorates Kate (d.1898) wife of Lord Berkeley who lived at Foxcombe Hall, Boars Hill. (Buildings of England: Berkshire, p.313; V.C.H.: Berkshire, Vol.IV, p,403; Bodleian Library, MS Top Berks. C51 no.238 (early C19 drawing)).

Listing NGR: SP4762201382