Stoke Pero Church is a Grade II* listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. A Medieval Church.
Stoke Pero Church
- WRENN ID
- low-basalt-sunrise
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Exmoor National Park
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 May 1969
- Type
- Church
- Period
- Medieval
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stoke Pero Church is a parish church with an unknown dedication, featuring a 13th-century tower. The church and tower were reroofed and extensively restored in 1897, with further restoration in 1955. The structure consists of a three-bay nave and chancel that are not divided, a north porch, and a west tower. It is built from random rubble local stone and has slate roofs with overhanging eaves and sprockets. The saddleback tower has one and a half stages, with gable ends set east-west and a diagonal buttress at the string course. The roof extends as a catslide over the north-west stair turret, which has a small window serving as a bell opening. The west end features an irregularly placed square opening.
On the south front of the nave, there are two 2-light mullioned windows leading to the chancel and a 2-light east window. The north front includes 19th-century 3-light ovolo moulded mullioned windows flanking the porch, with a buttress at the junction of the nave and chancel. The gabled single-storey porch has a plain pointed arch opening, and the inner door features a chamfered pointed arch opening with a restored 16th to 17th-century door that has arcane lettering.
Inside, the church is rendered and lacks a chancel arch, featuring a semi-circular tower arch that is unmoulded with an ogee moulded impost to the archivault. The late 19th-century open wagon roof has bosses, and there are 19th-century pews that incorporate some 17th-century bench ends at the west end. The pulpit is made of old panelling with a moulded cornice, and there is a baluster font.
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