A HISTORY OF NORTHAMPTONSHIRE 



Lord and John Lord.'* The later descent cannot be 

 traced. 



The church of ST. PETER consists 

 CHURCH of chancel 41 ft. by 16 ft., with north 

 and south chapels, nave of four bays, 

 44 ft. 6 in. hy 18 ft. 6 in., north and south transeptal 

 chapels, 17 ft. by 16 ft., north and south aisles, 

 west porch, 18 ft. by 11 ft. 6 in., and west tower 

 13 ft. square, all these measurements being internal. 

 The north aisle is 13 ft. 6 in. wide and the south aisle 



in li.'u, but no other work of this period remains, the 

 church having been entirely rebuilt in the second 

 quarter of the 13th century, approximately on the 

 existing plan. The chancel, chapels, nave, tran- 

 septs and aisles are substantially of this period, but 

 the chancel was lengthened a bay, c. 1280-90, and 

 windows inserted in other parts of the building. 

 The tower was probably built or begun by John 

 Pvel, but may not have been completed at his death 

 in 1 376 : he was also responsible for the west doorway, 



mc 1221-50 

 nnjc 1280-90 



Ei!lcl3S5 

 fBcl385(Ki:i\tmT 18SS-90) 



in 161!! Ci^iTURv 



Plan of St. Pitfr's Church, Irthlingborouch 



15 ft., the width across nave and aisles being 51 ft. 6 in. 

 There arc clearstories both to chancel and nave, with 

 battlementcd parapets, but elsewhere the parapets 

 are plain. All the roofs, except that of the porch, 

 are leaded and of low pitch. 



The tower stands west of the porch and is con- 

 nected with it by a building measuring internally 

 14 ft. by 10 ft., to which other buildings were attached 

 on the north side covering the tower : the vaulted 

 cellars of these remain. This western structure formed 

 part of the buildings of the college : other collegiate 

 buildings appear to have been on the south side. 



The church is built of rubble, and internally tiie 

 walls have been stripped of plaster, except in the aisles 

 and transepts. The use of mingled ironstone and 

 freestone in the nave and chancel arcades produces a 

 rich note of colour. 



The original church was of 12th-century date. It 

 had a nave the same size as at present and a south 

 arcade the moulded pier-bases of which arc still 



porch, and connecting building, and the establishment 

 of the college led to other alterations in the church, 

 the chancel being heightened by the addition of a 

 clearstory and new windows inserted in other parts. 

 The nave clearstory was added in the latter part of 

 the 15th century. 



Tiie tower having long been in a dangerous state" 

 was taken down in 18S7 and rebuilt on a new concrete 

 foundation in 188S-93 as far as possible with the old 

 stone. The first portion was completed in the spring 

 of 1889 and the tower finished as far as the battle- 

 ments in 1892 : the octagon was rebuilt in 1893. 



The chancel has an east window of five gradated 

 lancets with pierced spandrels, and north and south 

 windows of two lights with forked mulliuns, all having 

 chamfered rear arches and plain jambs. Ncrtii of the 

 altar in the cast wall is a triangular headed aumbry, 

 and in the south wall below the window a double 

 piscina.'* Below the north window is a segmental 

 wall recess with inner moulded arch and trefoiled 



'* FeuJ. Aidi^ iv, 4(^. 



'• Cf. nalaillc I'cc, ahovc. 



^' Examination in 1883 ihowctl tlic devi- 



ation from ihc pcrprndicular .it Rroutui two plain ch.imfcrcd archci, but the 



level to be 2 It. ti in. to tlic njuth-c.ist. ccntr;il 8h;i(t fif any) is gone. Tlic bowli 



" The rcccti ii i (t. 8J in. wide with are without (oil«. 



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