Description

SK 57 SW PARISH OF ELMTON WITH CRESWELL ELMTON
5/125 (East Side)
26.8.25 Church of St Peter
GV II*

Parish church. 1773. Sandstone ashlar. Hipped and gabled welsh slate roofs. Stone
coped gable with moulded kneelers. Moulded dentil eaves cornice continuing as a band
around the tower. West tower partly engaged by the nave. Nave, chancel and north
vestry. Low tower rising only a short way above the nave roof. Pitched roof with
plain gable ends and moulded eaves cornice. South doorway with moulded architrave,
bolection moulded frieze and cornice. Pair of C19 plank doors. Blind lunette above,
with radiating voussoirs. Louvred circular bell-opening. On the west side is a tall
round-arched window with moulded arch set within a blind round-arched recess.
Circular louvred bell-opening above. To the north a C20 brick boiler house and
chimney not of special interest. Blind rectangular window. The north side of the
nave has three tall blind round arches and a cornice without dentils. Square
projecting vestry has a doorway to the west and a stepped round-arched window to the
east, with moulded keystone. Hipped roof to chancel. Canted apse to the east has a
central round-arched window with moulded arch and impost blocks, set within a blind
round arch. Similar window on the south side of the chancel and three similar
windows on the south side of the nave, all with radiating voussoirs. Plain plastered
interior with flat ceiling. Circular font on an octagonal base. C18 pulpit with
raised and fielded panels, fluted pilasters and tester. Plain round-arched chancel
arch. Painted chancel ceiling. Communion rails with turned balusters.

Listing NGR: SK5026573452

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17545251

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Recommended Books

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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Kent: North East and East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Sussex: West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014