Church Of St Peter
- Date:
- 30 Aug 2002
- Location:
- Church Of St Peter, Kirkbampton, Allerdale, Cumbria, CA5 6JB
- Reference:
- IOE01/07834/19
- Type:
- Photograph (Digital)
This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.
NY 35 NW KIRKBAMPTON Kirkbampton
7/47 Church of St Peter I
Church. C12, restored 1870-71 and again in 1882 dated on rainwater heads.
Squared and coursed red and calciferous sandstone (some from the nearby Roman Wall); graduated greenslate roof with coped gables; sandstone slate on chancel.
3-bay nave with west open bellcote for 2 bells; and north porch. 2-bay chancel with north organ chamber and vestry. C19 gabled stone porch; entrance to nave has narrow Norman arch with column shafts and zigzag decoration, figurative sculptured tympanum. C19 2-light panel tracery windows with hood moulds.
Chancel: 3-light east window, original Norman lancet in south wall, head of a similar lancet has been rebuilt in north wall of organ chamber. Blocked south door is Norman with tympanum of geometric design in different coloured stone in 3 horizontal bands. Interior has late C19 furnishings and fittings, C19 panelled wooden ceiling in nave. Norman chancel arch with zigzag decoration and scallop capitals. Trefoil-head piscina with arched recess to right.
Roman sculptured and inscribed stone from the Roman Wall found during C19 restoration has been rebuilt into south wall. C19 barrel-vaulted timber roof in chancel. East window stained glass of 1871 by Morris & Co., one other window of 1885 by E.R. Suffling. Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society, new series, xiii, pp252-4.
Listing NGR: NY3052256463
This is part of the Series: IOE01/2270 IOE Records taken by John Wright; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England
© Mr John Wright. Source: Historic England Archive
This photograph was taken for the Images of England project
Photographer: Wright, John
Rights Holder: Wright, John
Sandstone, Slate, Stone, Timber, Medieval Church, Religious Ritual And Funerary, Place Of Worship
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