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Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church, Evercreech is located in SomersetSt Peter's Church, EvercreechLocation within Somerset
General information
Town or cityEvercreech
CountryEngland
Coordinates51°08′46″N 2°30′10″W / 51.1462°N 2.5027°W / 51.1462; -2.5027
Completed14th century
Height94 feet (29 metres)
evercreech church

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, and was completed around 1462. It is 94 feet (29 metres) high to the top of the pinnacles.

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.

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

The vicar in 1843 was Charles Napier.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Church of St Peter". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 25 November 2006.
  2. Poyntz Wright, Peter (1981). The Parish Church Towers of Somerset, Their construction, craftsmanship and chronology 1350 - 1550. Avebury Publishing Company. ISBN 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. ISBN 978-0500343142
  4. "Church of St Peter and churchyard, Evercreech". Somerset Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 5 March 2008.
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  7. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Napier, Charles Walter Albyn" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
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