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Summary
St. Peter's Parish Church, Cradley, the bell tower was added in 1875, as part of a major restoration of the building, at a total cost of £4000. Mr J. Cotton of Temple Row, Birmingham was the Architect and the tower was built by William Nelson of Dudley. The "pepper-pot" turret as it was known locally was removed after the Dudley architects, Webb and Gray, stated in December 1931 that its removal would reduce the cost of the upkeep of the building, and also take away "a definite and considerable wind-strain on the tower".