Clayworth St Peter

Features and Fittings

Chancel

Restored cusped head piscina

Wooden and wrought-iron altar rails with an inscription reading:

IN LOVING MEMORY OF EMMA HAYWARD

19th century (and later) choir stalls of pierced and turned oak, two of which have 17th century scrolled ends and poppyheads and two have 16th century plain ends.

There is a plaque at the west end of the south choir stalls that reads:

THIS RECTOR’S STALL
WAS GIVEN
IN MEMORY OF
CLIFTON DAVID FRANK WATERS
A FAITHFUL RECTOR OF
THIS PARISH
1925 – 1953

Canopied crested timber chancel screen of eight bays with a cross; the upper section dates from the early 20th century, the lower section is earlier.

Chancel screen Detail of canopy Cross

Nave

17th century hourglass stone font

19th century traceried panelled pulpit

Plain lectern on a turned shaft

19th century large-bore heating system with stacked tube radiators with zigzag ornament.

North Aisle

Embroidery in a wood and glass case on the north wall made 'to celebrate the completion of the Community Tower Project 2011-12'

At the west end of the north aisle is an oil painting of the church dated 1859.

A plaque nearby reads:

THIS BEAUTIFUL OIL PAINTING WAS PAINTED BY
J.J. HIGBY AND IS DATED 1859. IT WAS PRESENTED BY ERNEST
NAPIER COOPER O.B.E. AND RESTORED DURING 2005 BY DIAN HALL,
THROUGH THE GENEROSITY OF CHRIS GULL
IN MEMORY OF HIS WIFE, BELLE.
E.N.COOPER O.B.E. WAS THE GRANDSON OF ALLAN COOPER AND SARAH PALMER
WHO WERE MARRIED HERE ON JULY 1ST 1842.

South Porch

The south porch contains a 15th century stoup.