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Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

A Grade II* Listed Building in Perry Barr, Birmingham

  • St Peter & St Paul: set in an urban environment visible from Villa Park

  • St Peter & St Paul: mainly Victorian 1879- 1890 but c15 west tower & spire of four stages in dark brown ashlar with square angle buttresses; spire partly rebuilt 1776

  • St Peter & St Paul: nave & chancel in one

  • St Peter & St Paul: altar table

  • St Peter & St Paul: effigies of c.1360 alabaster knight & late c15 sandstone lady

  • St Peter & St Paul: c.1360 knight & c15 lady, members of the Arden family

  • St Peter & St Paul: detail of c.1360 knight; he was probably a member of the Arden family moved from Maxstoke Priory to act as a memorial for his descendants

  • St Peter & St Paul: early c15 mutilated effigy of a knight

  • St Peter & St Paul: tomb of Thomas Erdington, d.1433, & wife Joan (Harcourt) d.1417; erected c.1460 probably by their son

  • St Peter & St Paul: effigies of Thomas Erdington, d.1433, & wife Joan (Harcourt)

  • St Peter & St Paul: Thomas Erdington, d.1433; ornamental collar (perhaps defaced Lancastrian SS)

  • St Peter & St Paul: Joan (Harcourt), d.1417, wife of Thomas Erdington, d.1433; mid c15 butterfly headdress

  • St Peter & St Paul: alabaster monument to William Harcourt, died c.1482, nephew of Joan

  • St Peter & St Paul: William Harcourt, died c.1482; Yorkist collar of suns & roses

  • St Peter & St Paul: detail of c15 lady misplaced next to c.1360 knight

  • St Peter & St Paul: white sandstone monument to William Holte, died c.1514, & wife Joan in imitation of the Thomas Erdington one

  • St Peter & St Paul: full length effigies of William Holte (died c.1514) & wife Joan (Knight of Shrewsbury)

  • St Peter & St Paul: Thomas Holte of Aston, d.1546, & wife Margery (Willington of Barcheston) d. c.1561

  • St Peter & St Paul: memorial to Edward Holte, d.1593, & wife Dorothy (Ferrers of Tamworth)

  • St Peter & St Paul: inscription from the memorial to Edward Holte of Aston, d.1593, & wife Dorothy (Ferrers)

  • St Peter & St Paul: memorial to Edward Devereux, d.1622, & wife Katherine (Arden of Park Hall), d.1627

  • St Peter & St Paul: Edward Devereux (first Baronet of Castle Bromwich), d.1622

  • St Peter & St Paul: Katherine Arden of Park Hall, d.1627

  • St Peter & St Paul: memorial to Thomas Holte, first Baronet of Aston, d.1654; builder of Aston Hall

  • St Peter & St Paul: memorial to Henry Charles, d.1700; servant to Robert & Charles Holte

  • St Peter & St Paul: memorial to Charles Holte, d.1782; mourning woman & medallion

  • St Peter & St Paul: inscription from the memorial to Charles Holte, d.1782

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Entry Name: Anglican Church of SS Peter and Paul

Listing Date: 25 April 1952

Last Amended: 20 July 2009

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1290008

English Heritage Legacy ID: 217814

ID on this website: 101290008

Location: St Peter and St Paul's Church, Aston, Birmingham, West Midlands, B6

County: Birmingham

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Birmingham

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands

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