Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Church of St Peter and St Paul is a church located in Lower Weedon. The west tower dates from the late 12th century, while the main body of the church was rebuilt in the 19th century, specifically 1825. The chancel was added in 1863, designed by E.F. Law, and the church was re-seated with an organ chamber added in 1878. The church is constructed of coursed squared ironstone, with slate roofs. It comprises a chancel, nave, north and south aisles, north and south porches, and a west tower.

The two-bay chancel features a three-light Perpendicular style east window with diagonal offset buttresses. An organ chamber is located to the north, containing a two-light east window with Y-tracery and a north door with a pointed, chamfered arch. A priest's door with a chamfered pointed arch is situated between two two-light Decorated style windows.

The nave and aisles are unified, featuring three-light pointed arched windows throughout, with simple iron tracery, diamond leading, and hood moulds. North and south porches, both bearing 1825 datestones, flank the building; the doorway of the north porch is blocked and now serves as a vestry. Offset buttresses are positioned between the bays, particularly noticeable at the angles. The three-stage west tower is built of limestone and ironstone rubble, with ironstone quoins. It has a west door with a four-centred head, cut spandrels, and a hood mould. Above is a three-light Perpendicular window with its own hood mould. The middle stage has narrow, one-light windows with rounded heads and relieving arches on the west and south sides. The bell openings have round-arched heads and outer arches with shafts, imposts, and hood moulds. A battle-mented parapet is finished with a string course below both the middle and belfry stages.

Inside, the chancel arch of 1863 is many-moulded with shafts supporting richly carved capitals depicting flowers and foliage. The nave has a five-bay timber arcade with thin octagonal columns and Tudor arches with open spandrels; similar arches are evident between the aisle bays. The aisles have flat, cross-beamed roofs, while the nave features a coved plaster ceiling with a small, central, octagonal ribbed dome. The tower arch is low and pointed, with imposts. A medieval carved column base supports a miniature copy of the Winchester Cathedral font, originally from the Ordnance Depot chapel (Weedon Barracks). Painted Hanoverian Royal Arms are displayed above the tower arch. Various minor 19th-century wall monuments are also present.