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Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire

  • view from S.W

  • St Peter: externally Perpendicular; central tower, battlements & pinnacles

  • St Peter: c12 nave with complete parclose screens

  • St Peter: c.1250 south arcade

  • St Peter: early c11 Saxon crossing

  • St Peter: c13 chancel with late c15 Perpendicular window of seven cinquefoiled lights

  • St Peter: marble altar tomb to John Harewell, d.1428; surviving arms are Throckmorton

  • St Peter: John Harewell, d.1428; head on helm

  • St Peter: altar tomb to John Harewell, d.1505, & wife Anne (Middleton); brass figures on top surface

  • St Peter: brass to John Harewell, d.1505, & Anne (Middleton) his wife

  • St Peter: John Harewell, d.1505

  • St Peter: Anne (Middleton) wife of John Harewell, d.1505

  • St Peter: five sons in long overgowns & fur collars from the brass to John Harewell, d.1505

  • St Peter: five daughters in pediment headdresses & fur cuffs from the brass to John Harewell, d.1505

  • St Peter: arms of Harewell from the brass to John Harewell, d.1505

  • St Peter: brass inscription to Agnes Smith, d.1562; daughter of John Harewell & Anne Middleton

  • St Peter: monument to Francis Smith of Ashby Folville, d.1606; Ionic shafts

  • St Peter: Francis Smith of Ashby Folville, d.1606; reclining effigy surrounded by Jacobean strapwork

  • St Peter: inscription from the monument to Francis Smith, d.1606

  • St Peter: inscription from the monument to Francis Smith, d.1606, with reference to his parents

  • St Peter: achievement of arms from the monument to Francis Smith, d.1606

  • St Peter: memorial to William Somerville, d.1676

  • St Peter: memorial to John Phillips, d.1836; gothic stone arch; mourning woman, urn, torch & bow

  • Church of St Peter, Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, ENGLAND, UK

  • Church of St Peter, Wootton Wawen, Warwickshire, ENGLAND, UK

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Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 5 April 1967

Last Amended: 28 October 1999

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1382227

English Heritage Legacy ID: 482593

ID on this website: 101382227

Location: St Peter's Church, Wootton Wawen, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, B95

County: Warwickshire

District: Stratford-on-Avon

Civil Parish: Wootton Wawen

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Wootton Wawen St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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