Pockthorpe, Norfolk

West Rudham St. Peter's church

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The church is 13th c. with a south arcade creating an aisle and four clerestory windows above. Beneath the tower are two prayer boards. The octagonal 15th c. font has tracery on the facets of the bowl sitting on a moulded shaft. In some windows there are small panels of lovely 15th c. glass. The 17th c. benches in the aisle have large poppyheads, whereas those in the nave are all Victorian and quite plain. Tracery in the woodcarving on the 19th c. oak pulpit is of a floral design, also reflected in the reading desk. In the chancel is an old cast-iron stove, still used by the look of it The sanctuary has an old piscina and dropped-sill sedilia. Royal Arms of George IV hang on the nave wall, but are in fact incorrect as they bear the pre-1816 Electors cap above the escutcheon, instead of the Crown of Hanover.

Uploaded to Geograph by Adrian S Pye on 27 June 2010

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