Parish Church of St Peter, Belper
Description: Parish Church of St Peter
Grade: II
Date Listed: 3 February 1966
English Heritage Building ID: 78464
OS Grid Reference: SK3508147674
OS Grid Coordinates: 435081, 347674
Latitude/Longitude: 53.0252, -1.4784
Location: St Peters Croft, Belper, Derbyshire DE56 1DB
Locality: Belper
Local Authority: Amber Valley
County: Derbyshire
Country: England
Postcode: DE56 1DB
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Listing Text
CHURCH LANE
1.
5167 (North Side)
Parish Church of
St Peter
SK 3547 3/2 3.2.66.
II GV
2.
Church of England. 1824. Architect Mathew Habershon. (Designs exhibited
at Royal Academy of 1824). Restored 1884. Of local grit stone from Hunger
Hill Quarry. West tower , nave sanctuary and galleries. Commissioners plan
now modiied by use of part of nave as a chancel. Decorated style. The tall
slender west tower has crenellated parapet with quatrefoil band below and angle
buttresses rising to polygonal corner turrets. Ground floor forms porch entrance.
Facade has 5 tall 2 stage windows with buttresses between each pair. Crenellated
parapet. Interior. West, north and south galleries supported on cast iron
columns. Gothick arch over sanctuary which contains wall tablets to members
of Strutt family. Monument to George Brettle 1835 by Sir Richard Westmacott.
The church is on the hillside and the tower forms a prominent landmark.
Listing NGR: SK3508147674
Source: English Heritage
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