Church of St Peter

CHURCH OF ST PETER

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1063138
Date first listed:
09-Mar-1967
List Entry Name:
Church of St Peter
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1063138
Date first listed:
09-Mar-1967
List Entry Name:
Church of St Peter
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST PETER

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PETER

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lincolnshire
District:
East Lindsey (District Authority)
Parish:
Gayton Le Wold
National Grid Reference:
TF 23677 85975

Details

GAYTON LE WOLD GAYTON TF 28 NW 6/25 Church of St. Peter 9.3.67 II

Parish church. Rebuilt in 1889. Red brick with ashlar dressings with concrete tiled stone coped roofs. Western porch, nave with western bellcote, chancel. The west porch has a pointed outer doorway and is roofed with fishscale slates. Dentillated eaves course. The planked inner door has a single chamfered ashlar surround. To gable a single gabled ashlar bellcote with trefoil headed opening. To dentillated side walls of nave are 2 pairs each of single chamfered lancets. The chancel east wall has a further pair of Lancets with quatrefoil over and moulded hood. Beside the porch on the south side are 2 fragments of C10 Anglo Saxon sculpture, a low relief cross with double outline and cable moulded rectangular frame. Interior. Chancel arch is wide and single chamfered. There is a painted metal text above the east window and cast iron lamp brackets to the chancel and on the west wall a pointed niche. All fittings including the font which is a small circular bowl on octagonal shafts, are C19.

Listing NGR: TF2367785975

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Legacy System number:
195277
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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