A 13th-century wooden chest in the Lady Chapel, used for storing parish documents.
Another beautiful wooden chest.
Effigy of John Harewell.
Many English churches are filled with needlepoint cushions and kneelers, provided by generations of local women since the 1930s or so, when apparently it became wildly popular. These in the front pews at St Peter's happen to be remarkably lovely, a rather unique single long cushion (as opposed to individual ones, or only thick kneelers) with a variety of floral designs in soft shades on a gently greyish-beige ground. Each of the cushions is different from the rest.
Latch and lock on the 15th-century north doorway.
The expressive faces at the base of the 14th-century octagonal font are said to possibly depict some of the monks of Wooton priory, established in the 1130s!
Late-Saxon or early-Norman door, now blocked.
St Peter's in Wootton Wawen is the oldest church in Warwickshire, founded by the Benedictines in the early 8th century. The base of the tower is Saxon, although the top of the tower, the clerestory, the battlements, and other parts are "new", being 15th-century!
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