title: Church of St Peter, Windrush
text: # Church of St Peter, Windrush
  
  The Anglican Church of St Peter at Windrush in the Cotswold District of Gloucestershire, England was built in the 12th century. It is a grade I listed building.
  
  ## History
  
  The church was built in the 12th century as a chapel of Great Barrington, and belonged to Llanthony Priory. The south transept was added in the 14th century.
  
  A Victorian restoration by Henry Woodyer between 1874 and 1876 included the addition of the organ chamber and a vestry.
  
  In 2015 the south doorway was cleaned and given protection against further decay.
  
  The parish is part of the Windrush benefice within the Diocese of Gloucester.
  
  ## Architecture
  
  The limestone building has stone slate roofs. It consists of a three-bay nave with a south aisle and transept, a chancel with a vestry and an organ chamber.
  
  The three-stage tower has six bells, five of them date from 1707 and were cast by Rudhall of Gloucester.
  
  The surround of the south doorway is Norman with a double row of "beakheads" each slightly different and representing demons and a saw-tooth pattern decoration on the outside. The doorway has two mass dials.
  
  The octagonal font was carved in the 15th century and the pulpit is Jacobean.
  
  