Church Of St Peter And St Paul

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

TQ 35NW CATERHAM & WARLINGHAM CHURCH LANE, FORMER URBAN DISTRICT CHALDON 2/8 Church of St. Peter and 21.9.54 St.Paul

GV I

Church. C11 origin, mostly late C12 and early C13 with south porch C16 (restored in C19), and tower of 1843. Flint rubble with stone dressings, ashlar to the tower.

Plain tiled roofs with wood shingled broach spire. Nave and aisles with porch and tower to the south; chancel to the east with former chapel (now vestry) to the north and chapel to the south. All window tracery restored, decorated style on east window. Timber framed gabled porch with planked and studded oak doors.

Interior: stone floor, 2 bay nave arcades on circular piers with slightly chamfered arches to the south, doubled chamfer to the north. Blocked C13 arch to north chance chapel, C14 chancel arch to south chancel chapel.

Fittings: Pulpit, 1657, oak, panelled and framed with guilloche bands. Square stone font on octagonal stone stem. Stained glass: east window by Davell. 1869.

Wall painting: west wall c1200 one of the most important English wall paintings of that date. A type of purgatorial ladder in yellow ochre, red and white.

17 foot x 11 foot. Divided in two by cloudy band with the lower half decorated to torments and punishments of the wicked, the upper half devoted to the judgement and salvation of souls. In the centre is a ladder with Christ above. The main figures include the tree of knowledge,). with the serpent (bottom right), the seven deadly sins and a cauldron for boiling murderers. Across the top are depicted the 3 Marys and Elijah and Enoch ascending to heaven, Christ defeating the devil and Christ preaching to the spirits in prison.

Monuments: Panel on north chancel wall. Dated 1562. Stone square tablet with inscribed centre panel flanked by tapering elaborate pilasters with steep. crowning pediment with modillions and sun in the tympaneum.

South chancel chapel: to Christian Hane. Died 1752. Aedicular type with white stone rectangular panel flanked by Doric pilasters with red marble. inlay. Grey apron panel below. Swan neck pediment with crowning shell above.

Listing NGR: TQ3087555695

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/1644 IOE Records taken by Desomnd Pye; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Mr Desmond Pye. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project