Description

RAITHBY CUM MALTBY MAIN STREET TF 38 SW (south side)

4/30 Church of St.Peter 9.3.67 II

Parish church. 1839, by W. A. Nicholson, re-using some late C13 fragments. Rendered brick, some green sandstone rubble. Lead roofs hidden behind high parapets or battlements. West tower, nave with north aisle and south porch, chancel with polygonal east end. Plinth and regularly placed buttresses around entire church, the latter crowned with ornate pinnacles. West tower with 3 stage angle buttresses and a pointed west window with 2 pointed cusped lights, panel tracery, hood mould and head label stops. Quatrefoil above, with a blind lancet on the north and south sides. Clock above on north side. Bell openings on all 4 sides, each a small pointed opening with 2 round cusped lights, mouchette, hood mould and head label stops. Moulded eaves above, with ornate openwork parapet and 8 ornate pinnacles. West end of north aisle with pointed window with 2 cusped semi-circular headed lights, flowing tracery, hood mould and head label stops. North side of aisle with 2 similar windows flanking single pointed window with 3 pointed cusped lights and 3 oculi. East end of north aisle with lancet with internal cusped light and tracery, hood mould and head label stops. Moulded eaves and ornate open-work parapet above with pinnacles. Chancel with single pointed window in north side with 3 pointed, cusped lights, 3 oculi, hood mould and head label stops. Polygonal east end with 3 windows, all pointed with 3 cusped pointed lights, ornate tracery, hood moulds and head label stops. South side of chancel with single pointed window with 3 cusped pointed and ogee headed lights, 3 oculi, hood mould and head label stops. Battlements with pinnacles run round top of chancel with ornate east finial. East gable of nave with ornate openwork parapet and ornate cross finial. South side of nave with 2 pointed windows each with 2 semi-circular headed, cusped lights, flowing tracery, hood mould and head label stops. Gabled porch to south with east and west blind lancets; pointed, continuously chamfered south doorway with hood mould, head label stops and C20 traceried openwork wire doors. Inner doorway with pointed head, continuously chamfered surround and plank door. Porch crowned with ornate open-work parapet, pinnacles and cross finials. Interior with west gallery with traceried panelling and ribbed plank door beneath leading to tower. Late C13 north arcade of 3 bays, with pointed double chamfered heads, octagonal piers, keeled and semi-circular responds, both with fillets; C19 hood moulds and heads. Broad, shallow pointed C19 chancel arch with continuous chamfer, hood mould and head label stops. All the windows with internal hood moulds and head label stops. C19 tie beam roofs, that in chancel combined with ornate tiernes and tiercerons. C19 pine pews with hinged doors. C19 altar rail, polygonal pulpit and C15 octagonal font with large quatrefoils on bowl supported on a cluster of filleted shafts. 11 roundels of C16 stained glass re-set in nave windows.

Listing NGR: TF3101684718

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