St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
The Corbels
The wooden framework of the sloping roof of the South Aisle includes the load-bearing trusses. These rest on protruding stone brackets call…
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton.
The grave cover of a gentleman called William Flintham, and his son, is tucked away in the south east corner of the floor of the South Porch. It reads:
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St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
The restoration work of the 1890s, under the supervision of Rev. Edgar Torr Hudson, and largely funded by the Everard family of Gosberton House, was cert…
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
Whilst there was undoubtedly some restoration and repair work undertaken in the 16th to 18th centuries, our knowledge of such work in Victorian time…
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
The installation of the organ - big deal!
This wonderful musical instrument was installed in the church in 1882, replacing a far inferior instrument, …
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
A crossing is the name architects give to the junction of the four arms of a cross-shaped church.
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church in Gosberton has th…
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 …
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
What is a Reredos?
Sitting behind the main altar at the eastern end of the church is a splendid reredos. A reredos is a large altarpiece, a screen, or …
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
Whilst the two most easterly windows in the North Aisle are works of art in themselves - and very good they are, too - there are a few more traditional ar…
St. Peter and St. Paul’s Church, Gosberton
The North Aisle contains five windows, as shown from west to east on the illustration above. They are numbered for reference.
Windows no. 1 & 2
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