St Peters Church - Papworth Everard- Camb's/Hunt's
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Norfolk12
N 52° 14.820 W 000° 07.338
30U E 696445 N 5792412
A lovely GradeII church with several stunning windows.
Waymark Code: WMCDTH
Location: Eastern England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 08/26/2011
Views: 4
St Peter's church
There has almost certainly been a church on this site since Saxon times. However, little remains of the church re-built in 1352 in the later Decorated period, apart from the chancel arch with triple responds, and the north and south inner doorways. The west window served as the east window in the medieval church, and the plain octagonal font, probably painted, also belongs to the 1352 period.
There is no moulding or decoration on any of these remains.
A visit from the iconoclast William Dowsing in the seventeenth century saw paintings defaced in the chancel and nave. 1742 found the building in disrepair. A great wind in 1741 felled the tower, which in turn destroyed the south side of the building. St Peter was almost completely rebuilt in the 1850s by one Mr Charles Cheere. The Cheere family are commemorated throughout the church (the rector was a member of the clan for most of the 19th century) but Charles has the best spot: his chest tomb, surrounded by iron railings, sits outside the west end of the church, gazing down into the woody depths.
In 1870 a new tower was also built, to replace the old west tower which fell in a hurricane in 1741. Perhaps to avoid disturbing Charles Cheere (or perhaps because the edge of the precipice is ominously close to the west end) it was built on the north side, and doubles up as a porch for the church.
Families resident at Papworth Hall donated the present tower, a large bell, a clock, a spire, an organ and a lynch gate. Re-roofing and re-tiling and additional church plate were given later. The church remains a very quiet lovely place till nowaday
Type of building where window is located: Church
Address:
St Peters Church
Papworth Everard , Camb's United Kingdom
Admission Charge: 0.00 (listed in local currency)
Days of Operation: Daily dawn to dusk
Hours of Operation: From: 12:00 AM To: 12:00 AM
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