Church of St Peter Stutton, England

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TM 13 SE STUTTON STUTTON GREEN

5/89 Church of St Peter

22/2/55 GV II*

Parish church. C15 nave and south tower, ground floor of which serves as south porch. C19 chancel, south vestry, north chapel and north transept. C12 window and decoration reset in east wall of vestry. Mainly flint faced over rubble walls, plastered to north walls and south vestry. Flint flush chequerwork to crenellations and plinth. Stone dressings. Red plain tiled roofs, that to nave lower than chancel, stone parapet verges to gables, cross to chancel east gable, plinth follows through. Chancel: East window of 3 cinquefoiled ogee lights, tracery over, 2- centred head, label with foliate stops. Angle buttresses, north and south wall windows of 2 cinquefoiled lights, tracery over, moulded segmental heads and labels. South vestry: Buttress to southern angles. South wall, quatrefoiled roundel to gable, window of 3 trefoiled ogee lights under a square head, west wall, small window, trefoiled 2-centre arched, east wall small, reset, decorated C12 round- headed window, above and below the window are fragments of Norman decoration. C19 2-centre arched doorway under a square head and label, carved spandrels. North chapel: Gabled to east with quatrefoiled roundel to gable, window of 3 trefoiled ogee lights, tracery over, segmental head and label, buttress to north-east angle. North wall, east and west chamfered trefoiled 2-centred arches, labels over, central window of 2 cinquefoiled lights, tracery over, segmental head and label. North transept: North wall window of 3 cinquefoil lights, tracery over, 4-centred head and label. 2 small trefoiled lights to west wall. Nave: North wall, 2 windows, 2-centred heads, Y-tracery, buttresses between windows and to west of west window. West wall, buttressed at angles. Cross to gable. Square louvred light to gable. West window possibly C15, tall, of 2 cinquefoiled ogee lights above and below a transom, tracery over. South wall, three 2-centre arched windows, Y-tracery to central windows, trefoiled with quatrefoils to east and west windows. South Tower: Crenellated with gargoyles to east, south and west faces, buttresses to southern angles, flint chequerwork to crenellations, plinth and buttresses. Each face of bell chamber with a window of 2 cinquefoiled lights, segmental head and label. Slit light to first floor west wall and a small window with cinquefoiled head and label to south face. Traces of a red brick arch to ground floor west wall. South doorway, moulded 2-centred arch and label, moulded capitals and bases to jamb shafts. Pair of double doors, each of 5 overlapping boards, carved lintel over and boarding above. Interior: South Porch: (Ground floor of south tower). Stone flag floor. Panelled chests to east and west walls. Nave south doorway, chamfered and moulded 2-centred arch of 3 orders, moulded label, moulded door of 5 overlapping boards, 3 strap hinges, central boss to centre hinge probably the plate of sanctuary knocker. Chancel: Roof of 3 bays, double side purlins and ridge board, arched braces to lower purlins, arched braces to collars supported by stone corbels, tracery above collars. C19 coloured tiled floor. Reredos of 3 traceried and painted panels. Side panels of stone cinquefoiled double arches, moulded capitals and bases to shafts. South wall piscina, trefoiled 2-centred head and label, octofoil drain. Stone shelf to north wall. C19 and C20 stained glass to windows, (much of the C19 glass was destroyed during the 1939-45 war). Wooden screen of 5 bays, cusped arches, tracery over, entrance through central bay. Organ to south wall (vestry entrance) floor slab to vault, coat of arms 'confido' and lion crest. North wall, entrance to north chapel, moulded 4-centred arch springing from foliate corbels, moulded label, foliate stops. 2 floor slabs at entrance to chapel, (1) Richard ? White, 1747, Coat of Arms. (2) George May, 1764, Coat of Arms. North chapel and north transept (1