Stained glass Several of the modern windows (including two illustrated below) were designed by
M. E. Aldrich Rope, a prolific
Arts and Crafts stained glass artist. The
Baptistery window is by Clare Dawson, her pupil and co-worker.
Organ The organ, built in 1991 by
J. W. Walker & Sons Ltd, was designed to support congregational worship, to accompany a traditional choir, and as a recital instrument for use alone or with other instruments. It has three manuals and pedals, 40 speaking stops, six couplers, and three tremulants, and comprises 55 ranks with 2,708 pipes. The manual and pedal actions of the organ are mechanical; the stop control is electro-magnetic with a solid state capture combination action. The instrument was made and first assembled in Walker's workshops in
Brandon, before being dismantled and installed in the church—it weighs approximately 12 tons. The organ cases, gallery woodwork and carved pipeshades were designed by David Graebe. The Specification is below; PEDAL ORGAN (30 notes) 16' Open Diapason 16' Subbass ' Quint 8' Principal 8' Bass Flute 4' Choral Bass IV Mixture 32' Contra Trombone (ext.) 16' Trombone 8' Trumpet
Choir to Pedal Great to Pedal Swell to Pedal CHOIR ORGAN (58 notes) 8' Open Diapason 8' Stopped Diapason 4' Principal 4' Open Flute ' Nasard 2' Gemshorn 13⁄5' Tierce III Fourniture 8' Trumpet 8' Cromorne
Swell to Choir GREAT ORGAN (58 notes) 16' Bourdon 8' Open Diapason 8' Chimney Flute 4' Principal 4' Harmonic Flute 2' Fifteenth IV Fourniture 16' Double Trumpet 8' Trumpet V Cornet (from middle C)
Choir to Great Swell to Great SWELL ORGAN (58 notes) 8' Diapason 8' Voila da Gamba 8' Voix Celeste 8' Stopped Flute 4' Gemshorn 2' Flageolet IV Mixture 16' Bassoon 8' Trumpet 8' Hautboy
Tombs Famous people buried at St Peter and St Paul have included: •
John Yonge or Young, bishop of Rochester •
Elizabeth Johnson, wife of
Samuel Johnson: her memorial was salvaged after World War II and re-erected in the rebuilt church On Easter Monday April 23, 1753, Samuel Johnson attended church here "to take leave of Tetty", he was relieved having done so and was glad to have felt a cooling of his desire to have a new wife. •
John Hawkesworth, writer, editor, and friend of
Johnson •
Zachary Pearce, bishop of Rochester •
John Gifford, British political writer and supporter of
Pitt the Younger • Sir Claude and Sir Edward Scott, first and second
baronets of Lychet Minster ==Gallery==