Remains Of Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The remains of the Church of St. Peter and St. Paul, a parish church in Tunstall, date from the medieval period and later, with repairs made in 1705 and extensions added in 1853. The structure is built of flint with brick and stone dressings, and the chancel is roofed with slate. The west tower and nave are in ruins, with the tower partially obscured by ivy. The tower has two stages, diagonal buttresses, and putlog holes lined with brick. The west window features stone jambs, a brick arch, and hood moulds, with a single light window above it and a single light sound hole. The top stage of the tower is ruined, but the belfry opening arch to the west remains intact.

The nave consists of four bays, with two single light west windows on either side of the tower and three windows on the north and south sides that show remains of Decorated tracery from two light windows. The south door is of Perpendicular style with wave mouldings and attached shafts, while a similar doorway to the north is blocked. The structure has offset buttresses, stone kneelers, and a brick parapet gable featuring a semi-circular arch at the peak that contains a bell. The chancel was extended to the east in the 19th century using brick, and stone voussoirs of a former 13th-century arcade can be seen in the south wall. There are three inserted 19th-century single light windows on the south and one on the north, along with a 19th-century north priest's door and a two light east window. The tower and nave are roofless, and the Perpendicular brick tower arch has a single light opening above with a semi-circular arch. A recess for a stoup is located next to the south door, and the Perpendicular chancel arch is blocked with brick, featuring an inscribed tablet in the spandrel. The interior of the chancel is from the 19th century, and there is a 13th-century double piscina in the south wall, which has a central colonnette with a base and capital, and cusped arches above with corbelled responds. Fallen masonry inside the nave contains window tracery, and the extensive use of brick along with the layout of the putlog holes is of archaeological interest. A plaque in the chancel arch commemorates the rebuilding by Mrs. Elizabeth Jenkenson, widow of Miles Jenkenson, and Ms. Anne Kelkall, daughter of Miles and Elizabeth, in 1705.