THE PRIORY CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1077617
- Date first listed:
- 24-Jul-1954
- Statutory Address:
- THE PRIORY CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE PRIORY CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Leominster
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 49852 59278
Details
SO 4959; 808-1/1/3
LEOMINSTER
The Priory Church of St Peter and St Paul
24/07/54
GV
I
Priory now parish church. C12, C13 and C14. Ashlar sandstone;
lead roofs. Norman priory church to north, with west tower,
and C19 north aisle; C13 parish church to centre; C14 south
aisle with south-west porch.
EXTERIOR: north front: leaded clerestory lights recessed under
semicircular arches between pilaster buttresses, over
pentice-roofed aisle with 5 lancet windows and 4 timber
dormers. Tower: 2 tiers of quatrefoil-headed mullion lights;
blind arcading to parapet and finials with ballflower
ornamentation; ornate west doorway with dogtooth mouldings to
arches on carved capitals. West front: buttressed window with
ornate tracery; Decorated window to south aisle. South front:
five 4-light Decorated windows with ballflower ornamentation;
buttresses to parapet with trefoil-headed balustrading; Porch
with moulded pointed arches on clustered colonnettes; panelled
ceiling. East front: C14 east window, and south aisle window,
with ballflower ornamentation; plain light to north aisle,
under moulded arch on colonnettes.
INTERIOR: organ-case, dated 1739; wall painting; Kempe glass.
Listing NGR: SO4985359277
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 459470
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire III North West, (1934), 111-114
Price, J , An Historical and Topographical Account of Leominster and Vicinity, (1795)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing