CHURCH OF ST PETER
Overview
Heritage Category: Listed Building
Grade: I
List Entry Number: 1078157
Date first listed: 26-Jan-1967
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Location
Statutory Address: CHURCH OF ST PETER
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
District: County of Herefordshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish: Rowlstone
National Grid Reference: SO 37378 27131
Summary
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History
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Details
SO 32 NE ROWLSTONE CP -
7/91 Church of St Peter
26.1.67
GV I
Parish church. C12 nave and chancel with C15 east end, late C16 west tower
and late C19 south porch, restored 1865 and 1898. Sandstone rubble with
ashlar dressings, C20 tiled roof. West tower, nave with south porch and
chancel. West tower: three stages with roll moulding above plinth, two
string courses, pyramidal roof, single square-headed loops to lower and
middle stage with square-headed vent to bell stage. Nave: semi-circular-
headed C12 window to left and 3-light C19 window to right of porch.
Inner doorway: mid-C12 semi-circular-headed doorway of two orders, inner
roll moulded and outer enriched with diaper work, further decorated hood
mould, inner order with attached shaft to jambs, outer square with moulded
bases and capitals enriched with entwined foliage and bird motifs; tympanum,
Christ seated in majesty with vesica surrounded by flying angels. The door is
a C20 replacement re-using the strapwork, hinges and twisted serpent handle
of an earlier door. Two semi-circular-headed C12 windows survive on north
wall of nave. Chancel: single semi-circular-headed light. East end, C15
traceried window with three trefoil-headed lights. Interior: five-bay nave
with C16 open arch-braced roof, ceiled to chancel; chancel arch: mid-C12
semi-circular-headed arch with heavy roll moulding and band of diaper work,
attached shafts with moulded bases and enriched capitals, entwined foliage
and bird motifs with pair of figures to outer order, figures to south side
are placed upside-down. Fittings: font, late C12 or C13 circular bowl on
C19 base. Candle brackets in chancel, C15 or C16, wrought iron with bird
and fleur-de-lis motifs. (RCHM Vol I, p 220-2).
Listing NGR: SO3737527131
Legacy
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Legacy System number: 355399
Legacy System: LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Inventory of Herefordshire I South West, (1931), 220-2
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