Description

TG 00 SE KIMBERLEY THE GREEN
(east side)
6/33
Church of St. Peter
26.11.59

GV II*

Parish church. C12 north nave wall, C15 tower with upper half rebuilt in
1631 as advertised in brick at bell stage; rest C15 thoroughly refurbished
in the C19 and early C20. Flint with stone and brick dressings and plain-
tiled roofs. West tower, aisleless nave, south porch and chancel. Lower
part of tower with flushwork on diagonal buttresses. Upper parts with brick
dressings, Y-traceried bell-openings, parapets and obelisk finials. Restored
Decorated and Perpendicular window tracery in nave and chancel. C15 tower-
arch with double ogee mouldings and polygonal responds. Victorian chancel-
arch, screen and fittings. Hammerbeam nave roof dated 1904. Several fine
C17 and C18 floor slabs of Wodehouse family. Wall monument to Dame
Elizabeth Strutt (died 1651) with coloured marble columns flanking kneeling
effigy. Fine C15 and C16 stained glass fragments fill 2 chancel windows.

Listing NGR: TG0715204172

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17532112

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