Located in the marketplace in the heart of the medieval city of Norwich, St Peter Mancroft is the largest of the city's 31 surviving medieval parish churches and one of the very finest perpendicular parish churches in Norfolk. It is a powerful symbol of civic pride and is sometimes mistaken for the Cathedral. The church, whilst magnificent inside and out, is remarkable for the excellence of its exterior. Entirely rebuilt and finished in 1455, it stretches between two thoroughfares and therefore has arches on the south and north of town and a passage under the east end so that processions around the building could be on consecrated ground. This church is known for its medieval stained glass, its collection of medieval and renaissance treasures and its importance as a pioneering tower in the uniquely English art of change-ringing on church bells. John Wesley said of it: "I scarcely ever remember to have seen a more beautiful parish church; the more because its beauty, results not from foreign ornaments but from the very fine form and structure of it. It is very large, and of an uncommon height, and the sides are almost all window; so that it has an awful venerable look and, at the same time, surprisingly cheerful." The tower is crowned with a modern fleche after the style of that at East Harling. The magnificent clerestory of 17 large three-light windows has very narrow piers between them with little buttresses outside. The nave and chancel are continuous and the aisles stop one bay short of the east end to allow windows to light the altar. The astonishing east window with 15th century Norwich School glass is second only in quality to that of East Harling. As at East Harling, the glass was removed during the Second World War. There are 42 original panels and 7 modern. The treasury is a three storey structure containing the Sacristy on the top floor, below the vestment chamber which still contains the beam rom which they hang and below that a crypt. The Sacristy is full of interesting things such as medieval documents, an alabaster carved with four of the Evangelists, a “Gotoh” or ringers jug holding 36 pints, and, last but not least, magnificent church plate.