Hackness

St Peter's

SE 969 905

A pleasant church with its history rooted back in Saxon times and probably before. The interior is light and peaceful and the south aisle holds the remains of a Saxon cross, apparently used as a gatepost at one time. There is further evidence of Saxons in the chancel arch and a block of carved stone on the north side shows two intertwined beasts. It also has a collection of misericords, one of which is a green man. It is difficult to photograph as it is low down and I could not get the camera into position to take a decent shot. However, you can see a male face with leaves coming from its mouth. Outside on the 'coffin house' by the gate is a carved head which the guidebook says is similar to those at Kilpeck. It is weathered and was obviously once part of a corbel table hinting at an older building in the area.

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