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Church of St Peter

A Grade II* Listed Building in Sproxton, Leicestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.8298 / 52°49'47"N

Longitude: -0.7378 / 0°44'16"W

OS Eastings: 485133

OS Northings: 326553

OS Grid: SK851265

Mapcode National: GBR CPN.L8S

Mapcode Global: WHFJW.M4VG

Plus Code: 9C4XR7H6+WV

Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 1 January 1968

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1074988

English Heritage Legacy ID: 190288

ID on this website: 101074988

Location: St Peter's Church, Saltby, Melton, Leicestershire, LE14

County: Leicestershire

District: Melton

Civil Parish: Sproxton

Traditional County: Leicestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire

Church of England Parish: Saltby St Peter (High Framland Parishes)

Church of England Diocese: Leicester

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SK 8427-8527
36/59

SPROXTON
Saltby
CROXTON ROAD (East side)
Church of St Peter

1.1.68

II*
Parish church. C13 west tower, early C14 nave and chancel, reworked in C15 and chancel further remodelled during 1885 restoration. Ironstone with limestone dressings. Parapets hide roofs, but probably lead. Unbuttressed three-stage tower with lancet west window and lancets to north and south sides of ringing chamber. Limestone late C14 belfry stage with louvred two-light cusped windows. Plain parapet with four corner pinnacles. Perpendicular gabled south porch with double chamfered entrance arch. To left one two-light panel tracery window. To right one four-light tall panel tracery window. Blocked north nave door and one three-light Perpendicular window to east. Three two-light late C19 Flowing chancel south windows and three-light reticulated east window. Blocked chancel north door to east of a brick organ chamber.

Interior: triple chamfered tower arch with two orders of shafts carrying moulded capitals. Above is blocked east window tower. Five bay nave roof of canted tie beams on solid arched braces dropping on wall posts to stone head corbels. Moulded ridge piece and one pair moulded butt purlins. Plain C13 drum font on hexagonal stem. Double chamfered chancel arch on polygonal responds and with polygonal moulded capitals. Chancel with double chamfered C19 arch leading into organ chamber recess to north. Roof of canted tie beams on arched braces with traceried spandrels. Wall posts to corbels. Moulded ridge piece and one pair moulded butt purlins. Crenellated wall plate. This all 1885. Bench sedilia and cusped piscina similarly of 1885.

Listing NGR: SK8513326553

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