Description

BISHOPTON HIGH STREET
NZ 3621 (East side)

13/18 Church of St. Peter
20/3/67

II

Parish church. Probably C13; largely rebuilt and north aisle and tower added
1846-7 by Sharp and Paley. Coursed sandstone rubble with C19 red sandstone
dressings; dressed limestone late medieval east bay of chancel; graduated green
slate roofs. Tower on west end of north aisle; nave with north aisle; chancel
with north organ chamber (former vestry). Mid C19 lancets and Geometrical
traceried windows.

3-stage, diagonally-buttressed tower: polygonal stair turret on south-west
corner; pointed windows and 2-light bell openings; medieval grave-slab fragment
and cusped niche built into west face; embattled parapet. Mid C19 buttresses
on nave and chancel. 3-bay nave: chamfered plinth; 3-light window in diagonally-
buttressed west end; mainly 2-light windows, medieval grave slab and large
diamond-shaped wall sundial (dated 1776 and inscribed FUGIT HORA) on south;
steep roof with coped gables. Lower and narrower 2-bay chancel with lancets:
2 dedication crosses and 3 stepped lancets on diagonally-buttressed east end;
steep roof with coped east gable. North aisle has mid C19 shouldered doorway
and pent roof. Organ chamber has low-pitched pent roof.

Plain, plastered interior. In nave: C13 font (octagonal bowl on cylindrical
stem) with C17 wood steeple cover; 1811 Hutchinson wall monument on south; mid
C19 3-bay north arcade of double-chamfered pointed arches on cylindrical piers.
Tall, chamfered mid C19 chancel arch; an original C13 trefoil-headed lancet in
wall to north of arch. 1889 Caen stone and marble reredos. Mid C19 roofs:
nave with 4 braced-collar trusses; chancel with 2 similar trusses.

Listing NGR: NZ3652121247

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Peter's Church, Bishopton at Wikipedia
• St Peter's Church, Bishopton official website
• Wikidata Q15979488

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)