More information : [SE 89940701] Church [T.U.] (1)
St. Peters is a fine example of an Early English cruciform church with Decorated and Perpendicular additions. In the south porch are two Saxon sun-dials found during the restoration of 1870. South of the church is the base and what appears to be the upper portion (28 ins) of the shaft of the churchyard cross. (2-3)
The church is in normal use. Remains of the churchyard cross survive at SE 8994 0699; see GPs AO/64/40/2 & 3 (4)
A Church of Saint Peter
C.13 nave, aisles, transepts, chancel. C.14 S. aisle windows, c.
15 N. aisle windows. Clerestory with circular windows. W. tower
with C.15 buttresses, battlements and pinnacles. Sedilia,
pisicina. Wall monument of 1807. c.13 font. Restored 1870. N. and
S. Porches. (5)
2/1 Church of St Peter Ad Vincula
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6.11.67
GV I
Church. Largely C13 with C15-C16 tower parapet and buttresses.
Restorations to tower 1630, and to remainder C19, including
chancel and south transept 1857-64, with chancel roof by S S
Teulon. Nave roof raised 1956. Ironstone and limestone rubble
with limestone ashlar dressings. Lead roof to nave aisles,
otherwise slate. Cruciform plan: west tower, 3-bay aisled nave
with north and south porches, transepts and 3-bay chancel.
2-stage tower has angle buttresses, needle lancets to first
stage, narrow stairway lighting slits on south side,
stringcourse, pointed 2-light belfry openings with quatrefoil
over, corbel table, gargoyles and coped embattled parapet with
crocketed finials. Plinth and cill band to nave, transepts,
chancel; quoins to chancel and transepts. Nave south aisle has
pointed 3-light windows with C19 intersecting tracery, North
aisle has square-headed 3-light windows with largely C19
Perpendicular tracery, dripmoulds and headstops. Nave clerestory
has alternate circular windows and lancets with dripmoulds and
carved stops. South porch has pointed double-chamfered outer arch
with inner order on moulded corbels. Pointed inner arch of 3
chamfered orders with nook shafts. North porch has ashlar front
and re-set early C12 round-headed chamfered arch with nailhead
dripmould. Pointed double-chamfered inner arch with moulded
imposts. South transept: south wall, rebuilt in C19, has 2 needle-
lancets with circular window above; single lancets to sides.
North transept: north wall has 3 stepped needle-lancets with
circular window above; 3 lancets to east side, 1 to west. Chancel
has needle-lancets with dripmoulds. East wall, rebuilt 1857, has
stepped east lancets with string- course, 2 round-headed windows
and circular window above. Chancel and transept north and south
walls have nailhead dripmoulds and carved stops, mostly whorls.
Interior: nave arcades of pointed double-chamfered arches on
quatrefoil piers with engaged shafts, moulded capitals and mostly
water-holding bases, some probably re-cut. The south piers have
high circular plinths, round abaci and C19 shaft rings, the north
piers octagonal plinths. Tall double-chamfered tower arch, the
inner order supported on corbels, with dripmould and headstops.
Double-chamfered chancel arch on shafted responds, on west side
of crossing, with a C19 low pointed arch above. Double-chamfered
transept arches, those to north on shafted responds, to south
with inner order on moulded corbels: arches from chancel have
pointed chamfered openings above. North transpet, known as Morley
Chapel, has a trefoil-headed piscina with projecting bowl on a
filleted shaft and moulded octagonal base. Chancel has moulded
cill band and nook shafts to all lancets, those on south side
keeled, those at east end filleted. Linked dripmoulds to side
windows, nailhead dripmoulds to east windows and upper transept
arches; whorl-stops throughout. All lancets and circular windows
are deeply-splayed. Wooden chancel roof supported on wall shafts.
South wall of chancel has sedilia with pointed moulded arches on
shafts and responds with moulded capitals and bases, and double
piscina with pointed moulded arches on filleted responds. East
end has aumbry with double pointed arches and square dividing
shaft rebated for doors. North wall has aumbry with double
pointed arches and plank doors under nailhead dripmoulds.
Fittings include moulded octagonal pulpit base with stone steps in
north aisle. C19 font on earlier circular base. Single table
tombs in each transept, that in north with mensa slab on top and
C17(?) tablet recording burial of Morleys and Holmes of Holme
Hall, that in south with gravestone recording burials of Healey
family in 1677 and 1717.
2/2 Cross head approximately 5 metres south of south porch of
St Peter's Church
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GV II
Cross. Probably C13, re-set C18. Ashlar. Upper section of
chamfered rectangular shaft and small damaged wheel cross head,
approximately 70 centimetres high, re-set on square base.
Included for group value. (6)
SE 89930702. Church of St. Peter ad Vincula (NAT) (7)
Additional bibliography. (8-9)
Mention of the sundials. (10) |