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Church of St Peter, Pebworth – Overgrown Path loop from Pebworth
RoutesRunning trails & routesUnited KingdomEnglandWest Midlands RegionWorcestershireWychavonPebworth
Church of St Peter, Pebworth – Overgrown Path loop from Pebworth
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Church of St Peter, Pebworth – Overgrown Path loop from Pebworth
00:59
9.47km
40m
Running
Moderate run. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 27, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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816 m
Church of St Peter, Pebworth
Highlight • Religious Site
Church C14, C15 and C16. Blue lias stone with some Cotswold stone. Plain tile roofs, coped gables. West tower, nave, South aisle, North porch and chancel. Tower C14 and C15, 2 stage with battlements, 2 light bell-openings and small angle buttresses. Deep set C15 tall West window. Nave with coved stone eaves and corner buttresses. North side one small square light, 2-light Dec window and cusped lancet. North door with pointed hollow chamfer arch, C16 wooden door and stone gabled North porch with chamfered pointed arch. Plastered nave roof with 3 C16 tie-beams. Three bay Perp. South arcade to C16 South chapel with 3-light East window, blocked door and two 2-light South windows. Niche in East wall of aisle and small credence in side wall. Niche in East wall of nave and credence in side wall. Opening to former rood-stair.
C15 moulded chancel arch. Chancel with 3-light Perp. East window; North side cusped lancet, pointed arched door and Perp. Two-light window. South side with 2-light window set in blocked larger opening and C16 2-light window. Small aumbry on North side and credence/piscina on South. Some medieval glass in head of East window. Plain turned altar rails. Plastered roof with 2 tie-beams. Jacobean pulpit. Perp octagonal font.
Monuments: South aisle 1629 wall memorial Jocabean style to R Martin of Broad Marston. Chancel 1720 carved wall memorial signed E Woodward to R Martin. Various early to mid C19 marble wall monuments to members of the Shekell family by Lewis. A small village church relatively untouched by C19 restoration.
Outside the North wall of the nave is a weathered medieval stone recumbent effigy of a priest.
C15 moulded chancel arch. Chancel with 3-light Perp. East window; North side cusped lancet, pointed arched door and Perp. Two-light window. South side with 2-light window set in blocked larger opening and C16 2-light window. Small aumbry on North side and credence/piscina on South. Some medieval glass in head of East window. Plain turned altar rails. Plastered roof with 2 tie-beams. Jacobean pulpit. Perp octagonal font.
Monuments: South aisle 1629 wall memorial Jocabean style to R Martin of Broad Marston. Chancel 1720 carved wall memorial signed E Woodward to R Martin. Various early to mid C19 marble wall monuments to members of the Shekell family by Lewis. A small village church relatively untouched by C19 restoration.
Outside the North wall of the nave is a weathered medieval stone recumbent effigy of a priest.
Tip by
2
5.31 km
St. James' Church, Long Marston
Highlight • Historical Site
The Church of England parish church of Saint James the Great has a 14th-century Decorated Gothic nave and chancel, but was rebuilt in the 19th century. The pulpit is Jacobean. The church is a Grade I listed building. Its parish is part of the Benefice of Quinton, Welford, Weston and Marston Sicca.
LONG MARSTON
SP1548 DORSINGTON ROAD
1912-1/13/85 (South side)
05/04/67 Church of St James
GV I
Church. C14 nave and chancel, with C16 porch and restored C16 bell turret. Narrow coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; graduated stone slate roof; timber-framed porch and bell turret.
PLAN: 2-bay chancel, 3-bay nave with south porch and west Bell turret.
EXTERIOR: coped stone gables. Chancel has offset diagonal and angle buttresses flanking 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery; coped gable with cross.
North side has 2 windows of 2 traceried lights flanking round-headed priest's entrance with plain surround with beading, enriched imposts and fielded-panel key block, plank door; south side has similar windows.
Nave has alternately wide and narrow courses of stone.
North side has offset buttress to left of gabled porch. Porch with close-studded framing on limestone plinth; entrance with renewed spandrels to 3-centred head and renewed plank door with strap hinges, 3-light windows to returns. 2 single-chamfered traceried nave windows of 2 lights.
South side has some patches of ashlar; 4 offset buttresses, that to west on plinth, that to east is diagonal; small 2-light window to west and 2 larger 2-light windows with C14 tracery and hoods; scratch dial to east end.
West end has 2 tall offset buttresses and lower angle buttresses; 2-light single-chamfered traceried window; bell turret has close-studded framing and saddleback roof; 3-light louvred bell openings and weather cock. Nave has short East return to north with wall monument to Mary Tomes, d.1751: worn slab with tapering pilasters, entablature with pulvinated frieze and pediment.
INTERIOR: chancel has tie beam and collar roof with arch-braced queen posts and wind braces; segmental-headed piscina recess with remains of projecting bowl; rebated chancel arch with continuous chamfer.
Nave has collar rafter roof with ashlaring; plastered timber-framed partition wall to west end has exposed close studding over 2 tall timber posts to centre, forming open space below bell turret which has battened panelling to returns with plank doors and high opening to south with turned balusters.
FITTINGS: chancel has C19 altar rail and candelabra, plain stalls; nave has early C17 pulpit with enriched round-headed panels; plain C19 stalls with candelabra; circular font on traceried base; ex-situ stone altar slab on 4 tapering supports; porch has roof with wind braces and one arch-Braced collar truss, plain rebated inner door and stone benches.
MONUMENTS: chancel has 3 brass plates on north wall: Joan, Dorothea and Elizabeth Cooper, d.1658, 1650 and 1657, floor slab to Richard Day, d.1697, with scrolly frame and armorial bearing; porch has floor slab to Elizabeth Goodin, d.1732.
Stained glass: chancel east window has medieval fragments, small C19 roundels to other chancel windows.
An attractive church in good setting and an unusual timber-framed bell turret.
LONG MARSTON
SP1548 DORSINGTON ROAD
1912-1/13/85 (South side)
05/04/67 Church of St James
GV I
Church. C14 nave and chancel, with C16 porch and restored C16 bell turret. Narrow coursed limestone rubble with ashlar dressings; graduated stone slate roof; timber-framed porch and bell turret.
PLAN: 2-bay chancel, 3-bay nave with south porch and west Bell turret.
EXTERIOR: coped stone gables. Chancel has offset diagonal and angle buttresses flanking 3-light window with Perpendicular tracery; coped gable with cross.
North side has 2 windows of 2 traceried lights flanking round-headed priest's entrance with plain surround with beading, enriched imposts and fielded-panel key block, plank door; south side has similar windows.
Nave has alternately wide and narrow courses of stone.
North side has offset buttress to left of gabled porch. Porch with close-studded framing on limestone plinth; entrance with renewed spandrels to 3-centred head and renewed plank door with strap hinges, 3-light windows to returns. 2 single-chamfered traceried nave windows of 2 lights.
South side has some patches of ashlar; 4 offset buttresses, that to west on plinth, that to east is diagonal; small 2-light window to west and 2 larger 2-light windows with C14 tracery and hoods; scratch dial to east end.
West end has 2 tall offset buttresses and lower angle buttresses; 2-light single-chamfered traceried window; bell turret has close-studded framing and saddleback roof; 3-light louvred bell openings and weather cock. Nave has short East return to north with wall monument to Mary Tomes, d.1751: worn slab with tapering pilasters, entablature with pulvinated frieze and pediment.
INTERIOR: chancel has tie beam and collar roof with arch-braced queen posts and wind braces; segmental-headed piscina recess with remains of projecting bowl; rebated chancel arch with continuous chamfer.
Nave has collar rafter roof with ashlaring; plastered timber-framed partition wall to west end has exposed close studding over 2 tall timber posts to centre, forming open space below bell turret which has battened panelling to returns with plank doors and high opening to south with turned balusters.
FITTINGS: chancel has C19 altar rail and candelabra, plain stalls; nave has early C17 pulpit with enriched round-headed panels; plain C19 stalls with candelabra; circular font on traceried base; ex-situ stone altar slab on 4 tapering supports; porch has roof with wind braces and one arch-Braced collar truss, plain rebated inner door and stone benches.
MONUMENTS: chancel has 3 brass plates on north wall: Joan, Dorothea and Elizabeth Cooper, d.1658, 1650 and 1657, floor slab to Richard Day, d.1697, with scrolly frame and armorial bearing; porch has floor slab to Elizabeth Goodin, d.1732.
Stained glass: chancel east window has medieval fragments, small C19 roundels to other chancel windows.
An attractive church in good setting and an unusual timber-framed bell turret.
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3
5.62 km
Overgrown Path
Highlight • Trail
Overrun with nettles, brambles and thistles, this path is awful!
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9.47 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
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9.45 km
Surfaces
7.59 km
1.86 km
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