St Peter's Church is a redundant

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church in the village of

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, Lincolnshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands close to the former

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, Ermine Street, now the A15 road.

History

St Peter's dates from the 12th century, with additions and alterations in each of the following three centuries. It was

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in 1890, the restoration including rebuilding the south aisle. According to GENUKI it has a dual

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to Saint Peter and Saint Paul.

Architecture

Exterior

The church is constructed in limestone rubble, with some ironstone banding, and

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dressings. Its plan consists of a nave with a

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and north and south aisles, a chancel, and a west tower. The tower dates from the 12th century and is in three stages. Its parapet is

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, and has

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s and gargoyles at the corners. Pieces of stone decorated with chevrons have been incorporated in the fabric of the tower. In the top stage are paired bell openings on the north, west and south sides. In the middle stage is a round-headed window on the south side, and a

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on the west. A large vertical stone, possibly a former cross shaft, has been used as a

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in the northwest corner of the nave. In the west wall of the north aisle is a small 12th-century round-headed window. Its north wall contains a blocked doorway and two 13th-century lancet windows; there is another lancet window in the east wall. In the north wall of the chancel is a blocked doorway which formerly led to a north chapel. The east wall contains a 19th-century two-light window, and outside the east wall are the foundations of a former apse. In the south wall of the chancel is a 14th-century two-light window with a cinquefoil above it. The south aisle has two-light windows with ogee heads in its east and south walls. The south doorway has a pointed arch. In both the north and south sides of the clerestory are two windows with paired lights.

Interior

The north arcade is

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in style, dating from about 1200. It has two

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with round arches carried on circular

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. The south arcade has pointed arches, also carried on circular piers. The tower arch is Norman, also dating from about 1200, with a semicircular head. In the east wall of the nave, to the south of the chancel arch, is a blocked squint. At the east end of the north aisle is an altar table dating from the 17th century. The

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is from the late 12th century and stands on a 19th-century base. On the west wall of the nave is a painted benefactors board dated 1767. All the other fittings and furniture are from the 19th century. These include a cast iron tortoise stove, originally from Halstead, Essex. There is a

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of three bells, but they are no longer ringable. The oldest was cast in about 1500 in a Nottingham foundry, the second was cast by Henry I Oldfield in 1571, and the third in 1747 by Daniel Hedderly.

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