It has the finest black Tournai marble font in England. There are only 7 others. When a church falls redundant, the font is often the first thing to go, pressed into service at some other church. But here, the massive black square block remains, brooding, with its primitive carvings of lions. Once seen, this 12th century art treasure is never forgotten.
Few decisions can be more short-sighted.
St Peter's other treasure is the so-called 'Wolsey's gateway', an interior courtyard gateway which is all that remains of the school planned by Cardinal Wolsey as a feeder to his Oxford college. The school was never completed, its stone taken for use elsewhere in the town. The gateway itself, built into St Peter's south churchyard wall, is of mild interest, I suppose, its crest and brickwork eaten away by acidic fumes from the thousands of cars that pass within a few feet everyday. If you want to see better gateways of this type, there are loads 50 miles up the A14 in Cambridge. There are far less significant early medieval art treasures than this which have pride of place in museums all over the country.