A History of St. Peters at South Weald
The South Doorway
This fine doorway has happily survived, despite the various restorations of the church and in particular, that of 1868. It is perhaps the greatest architectural feature of the building.
It dates from the Norman
building of 1150 and is a typical semi-circular arch of the period. A
segmental arch at the bottom supports a tympanum with axe worked
ornamentation and above are two arches, the lower plain and the upper with a
chevron decoration
Thank you to Bill Wilford for providing us with this article.