St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
The extensive restoration work of 1864-69 included the lengthening of the chancel by about three feet eastwards. The original stonework of the east wall was dismantled and was presumably re-used, in whole or in part, when the wall was rebuilt three feet eastwards. The window (the original medieval stonework?) consists of three pointed segments (‘lights’), with the stone tracery at the top consisting of a trefoil (three-leafed design) at the apex, with two quatrefoils (four-leafed designs) below.
The window, and it’s glazing, dates from 1868, given as a gift by Samuel Everard. This is testified by newspaper reports of the time. Sadly, Mr. Everard committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in 1877.
The two quatrefoils depict Saints Peter and Paul, the patron Saints of the church. Both Saints bear their traditional attributes – Saint Peter with keys, and Saint Paul with a sword and a book. The trefoil at the top depicts Christ in Glory. The central light bears a depiction of the crucifixion, flanked by the Virgin Mary in the left hand light and St. John in the right hand light. The carvings of the wooden rood above the screen in the Lady Chapel, done by Belgian refugees in 1915, replicate the same scene.
