Sibthorpe
St Peter

Features and Fittings

Tower

6" Red and blue quarry tiles to floor

24 rung ladder to belfry

Nave

Red and blue quarry tiled floor at extreme west end

Wood strip floor

Green carpet

Panelling with power points to lower north and south walls. Height north 0.92m, south 1.03m

Movable stripped plain oak pews. C16 with C20 ends. 17 x 1.880m long, 3 x 1.490m long

2 x Churchwarden’s staffs. One topped with a brass crown, the other with a brass mitre

2 staffs headed with 3 branched candlesticks

The oak lectern The pulpit

Oak lectern with embroidered frontal

Pulpit with embroidered frontal. The plaque attached to it reads as follows:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF
STANLEY BERNARD AVIS
WHO IN 1965
INSPIRED AND LED THE VILLAGE
IN RESTORING THIS CHURCH
HE DIED IN 1969

Wall crucifix above pulpit

Holy Bible and Apocrypha. Nelson. 1959. Inscription: “St Peter’s Sibthorpe. Given in memory of Stanley Avis (who died 30 January 1969) by two of his sisters, regular worshippers here”

Holditch pipe organ

The 1662 font

1 Electric light brass and iron chandelier - A copy of the original in the chancel made by Mr Willis of Screveton. 1967

5 Electric wall light fittings with copper reflectors adapted from original candle sconces. 5 Radiant electric wall heaters

Font dated 1662 above lozenge with “W” carved within. Southwell school

Chancel

Easter Sepulchre

“Below, low tomb recess with segmental arch; centered above this, small niche under ogee arch for use in *Depositio; flanking niche in either side, 2 small panels with ogee cusped heads, each containing relief of sleeping soldier; these wearing chain mail, sleeveless surcoats, & basinets & having spears and heart shaped shields charged with grotesque faces; faces hacked away, except for one whose helmet covers his face; above central niche, steeply pointed gable with spiral crockets & finial; standing on finial of lower arch, risen Christ; he blesses with R hand, holds long cross- staff with banner in L; wounds in side and feet visible; below him, 2 angels with censers; half figures with folded hands serve as stops at lower corners of gable; painting modern; 14c.”

(Reproduced by kind permission of Pamela Sheingorn, The Easter Sepulchre in England. Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, USA (1987))

*Depositio. The ritual burial of a cross on Good Friday in a re-enactment of Christ’s burial.

Height 1.76m, width 1.30m. height of apex above floor 3.16m

Roll moulded arch over hooded tomb recess containing two stone slabs with a stylised cross. Arch inscribed in black paint (some parts worn):

THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE
BUT THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE

There is no date or attribution

Arch width 1.86m, 0.80m high.

The complete Easter sepulchre The upper (niche) part of the Easter Sepulchre The lower (recess) part of the Easter Sepulchre Detail of the Easter Sepulchre - two figures to the left of the niche

Other Items in the Chancel

Green carpet

Stone floor

Wooden altar rail

The two piscinae on the
south wall of the sanctuary

2 Piscinae

Blue patterned carpet runner in front of altar rail

Estey reed organ.

Reading desk and footstool

Book of Common Prayer. OUP. 1856

Book; The Priest to the Altar. 1879. Ex libris John Kay Bowsteed (?). To the Parish Church of St Peter Sibthorpe in grateful remembrance of a most happy ministry. Raymond S Foster. Vicar 1947-1952

3 radiant electric wall heaters

1 brass electric wall light

2 electric spot lights

Wooden pews (4) with carved clover-leaf pattern on ends:

  1 x  1.49m long with two partitions, giving seating spaces of 49, 45 & 45 cms.
  1 x 1.490m with 2 partitions, seating spaces of 48cm, 45cm & 1.01m. 1 x 3.2m. 1 x 2.24m.
  1 x 3.200m. Kneeler and book rest

Wooden chair and kneeler

The altar at the east
end of the church

Wooden altar table. Length 2.440m, depth 0.76m, height 0.98m

Candle snuffer. Presented by Canon Evans (1966)

1 brass and iron chandelier, converted from candlelight to electricity

2 x Iron floor standing candle holders

2 x brass altar candle sticks

2 x brass flower vases

Brass collection plate lined with velvet

Wooden cross under Easter sepulchre arch

Alabaster monument to Edward Burnell.

Vestry

Stone fireplace (blocked)

Wooden pews 1 x 1.680m, 2 x 2.210m.

Wooden table with cabriole legs. Length 1.514m, height 0.82m, width 0.76m.

2 x Folding tables

4 x Wooden offertory plates

Hassocks