Description

TQ 66 SW TROTTISCLIFFE C.P. CHURCH ROAD
2/25 (north side)
25.8.59
Church of St Peter
and St Paul
GV
I

Church. c.1200. Flint with tufa dressings with plain tiled roofs. South west
tower, narrow nave, unusually long chancel. Early C16 windows. Flat-headed 2-light
belfry openings. Pointed arched doorway in south side of tower, with C13 doorway
beyond, hidden by addition of tower. Original north and south windows in chancel.
Interior: collar-rafter roof. Piscina built in one piece with C14 window. Reredos:
Wood, early C18, 2 cartauches carved with reliefs of Circumcision and Flight into
Egypt, not made for church. Alter rails: Wood, early C18, twisted balusters,
enriched newels, and leaf bosses, not made for church. Pulpit: 1775, by Henry
Keene, originally for Westminster Abbey, where it stood until 1824. Palm tree
carrying sounding board. Decoration a mixture of Gothic and classical, with oval
wheel motifs decorating sides. Reading desk: Made up of Jacobean remnants. Stained
glass: West window 1885 by Ward and Hughes. K. window by Gibbs.

Listing NGR: TQ6454660311

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Peter and St Paul, Trottiscliffe at Wikipedia
• Church of St Peter and St Paul, Trottiscliffe official website
• Wikidata Q17530266

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)