St. Peter, Bleadon, Somerset
Description
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting of chancel (dedicated in 1317), nave, south porch and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles, containing 5 bells: there are several memorial windows and a font of Transition Norman date: on the south side of the chancel is a canopied tomb: the pulpit of stone is octagonal, and has five disengaged sides, ornamented with Perpendicular carving: on one side of the porch, within a sunk panel, is a group in relief of the Virgin and Child, with kneeling figures of a nun and an ecclesiastic; it may once have formed the head of a cross: in 1832 the tower was struck by lightning and injured: the interior of the building was thoroughly restored in 1859 and 1901, and in 1897 a new organ was provided at a cost of £200: there are sittings for 240 persons.
Church Records
The parish register dates from the year 1706.