St Peter's Church, Evercreech Explained

Church of St Peter
Location Town:Evercreech
Location Country:England
Height:94 feet (29 metres)
Completion Date:14th century
Map Type:Somerset
Coordinates:51.1462°N -2.5027°W

The Church of St Peter in Evercreech, Somerset, England, dates from the 14th century and is a Grade I listed building.

The three-stage tower has set-back buttresses ascending to pinnacles, with a very tall transomed two-light bell-chamber with windows on each face The embattled parapet has quatrefoil piercing, with big corner pinnacles and smaller intermediate pinnacles. The four-light west window has extensively restored tracery. This tower is of the East Mendip type,[1] and was completed around 1462.[2] It is 94 feet (29 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles.[3]

On the north wall of the tower is a roll of honour to victims of World War I. It is within a rectangular wooden case with a glazed door crowned by a triangular pediment and plaque below.[4]

The clock face features an unusual mistake as it is missing the X (10) replaced by an X1 and two XII (12).[5] [6]

The vicar in 1843 was Charles Napier.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Church of St Peter . historicengland.org.uk . 2006-11-25 .
  2. Book: Poyntz Wright, Peter. The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. 1981. Avebury Publishing Company. 0-86127-502-0.
  3. Flannery, Julian (2016). Fifty English Steeples: The Finest Medieval Parish Church Towers and Spires in England. New York City, New York, United States: Thames and Hudson. pp. 370–377.
  4. Web site: Church of St Peter and churchyard, Evercreech . 2008-03-05 . Somerset Historic Environment Record .
  5. Web site: Saint Peter's Church Evercreech. Saint Peter's Church Evercreech. 31 October 2014.
  6. News: Chiefs call time on pub's clock signs. 31 October 2014. Express & Echo. 24 September 2009.