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Church of St Mary and St Peter

A Grade II* Listed Building in Winford, North Somerset

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3823 / 51°22'56"N

Longitude: -2.658 / 2°39'28"W

OS Eastings: 354306

OS Northings: 165014

OS Grid: ST543650

Mapcode National: GBR JN.S045

Mapcode Global: VH88Z.WJ65

Plus Code: 9C3V98JR+WR

Entry Name: Church of St Mary and St Peter

Listing Date: 11 October 1981

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1320916

English Heritage Legacy ID: 33986

ID on this website: 101320916

Location: St Mary and St Peter's Church, Winford, North Somerset, BS40

County: North Somerset

Civil Parish: Winford

Built-Up Area: Winford

Traditional County: Somerset

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Somerset

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Description


ST 56 NW WINFORD C.P. CHURCH ROAD (north side)

3/119 Church of S.S. Mary and Peter
11.10.81
G.V. II*

Anglican parish church. C15 west tower, main body rebuilt 1796, restored in 1820
with further late C19 restoration. Finely jointed squared and coursed dressed
stone to tower and plinth of remainder, coursed rubble to main body with slate
roofs. Nave, chancel, west tower, north and south aisles. 4-stage tower with
set back buttresses, moulded string courses and north-east corner polygonal stair
turret. Trefoil-headed open panel parapet with corner crocketted pinnacles and
fine gargoyles. Top 3 stages have 2-light openings with hoodmoulds and lozenge
stops, those below bell stage blind, those to bell stage louvred. 1st stage of
west facade has deeply moulded pointed-arched doorway with 2-leaf doors and
applied Gothick mouldings; light with intersecting tracery above. Above this a
3-light Gothick window. Simple pointed-arched lights with flat section surrounds
and leaded lights to nave. Chancel has two C19 Perpendicular style windows
under pointed heads. Chancel parapet has obelisk finials. Interior. Tower
arch with 2 orders of wave moulding, 4-bay nave arcades with clustered shafts and
pointed arches. Roof over nave and chancel is compartmented with leaf spray
rosettes in each panel. This rests on winged cherub corbels. Fittings. West
gallery with turned balusters on cast iron piers recording date of rebuilding
(1796) and restoration (1820). Good panelled screen to tower arch. Plain
Perpendicular style font, wooden Gothick pulpit. 4 wooden prayer boards in
chancel. Stained glass heraldic shields to nave windows, east window has 1889
stained glass. Altar rails of similar form to gallery balustrade. Coat of arms
below tower on canvas in wooden frame: G.R. III. Benefactions board opposite
dated 1813. (N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England : North Somerset and Bristol,
1958).


Listing NGR: ST5430665014

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