Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul
PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH PATH
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1080948
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH PATH
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1080948
- Date first listed:
- 16-Jan-1954
- List Entry Name:
- Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH PATH
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.
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.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, CHURCH PATH
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Greater London Authority
- District:
- Merton (London Borough)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 27047 68689
Details
In the entry for:
LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON CHURCH ROAD, Mitcham
TQ 2768
(north side)
12/22 Parish Church of St Peter
and St Paul
16.1.54
GV II
the building shall be upgraded to grade II* (star) and the description shall be amended to read
as follows:
Parish church. 1819-22, with medieval fabric in tower base. George Smith, architect. Roman
cement render with some Bath stone dressings. Slate roof, pitched to parapet. 5-bay nave, aisled
and with clerestorey; chancel arch to 2-bay sanctuary flanked by chapels. South east tower of
three stages with oculus to first floor and 2-light bell louvres above, crenellated parapet and
octagonal corner turrets. 5-light east window with reticulated tracery; the other windows
Perpendicular and culminating in spectacular five-light Perpendicular west window. Grotesque
label stops to aisle windows. Interior has tall arcades with clustered columns from which rises
lierne plaster vault of remarkable charm and elegance. Rear gallery, modified in 1869. 1820s font.
Reredos of 1899.
Monuments include that to Sir Ambrose and Lady Crawley (d.1713 and 1727) by Gibbs and
Rysbrack at the west end; to John Hyde (d.1810 ) by Rouw; tablets to the Tate family by
Charles Harris. War memorial with central panel of St George and the Dragon by Martin
Travers.
An early example of a Gothic Revival church in a pure Perpendicular style. George Smith was
long the architect to the Mercers' Company and had an interest in designing his churches in
varying historical styles. This is his exemplar in Perpendicular.
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LONDON BOROUGH OF MERTON CHURCH ROAD, Mitcham
TQ 2768
(north side)
12/22 Parish Church of St Peter
and St Paul
16.1.54
GV II
Parish church. 1819-22, with medieval fabric to tower. George Smith, architect.
Cement render. Slate roof, pitched to parapet. Perpendicular style. 5-bay nave,
aisled; clerestory. Lower chancel tower to south east. 5-light east window, inter-
secting tracery. 3-light aisle and 2-light clerestory windows; reticulated tracery.
3-stage tower with oculus to first floor and 2-light bell louvres above; crenellated
parapet and octagonal corner turret; pinnacles. Chancel chapels to north and south.
Interior with clustered piers to tall painted arcade arches; shafts rising to
tierceron vaults. Monuments by R Westmacott and others.
Listing NGR: TQ2704768689
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 25 October 2017.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 205020
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Websites
War Memorials Register, accessed 25 October 2017 from http://www.iwm.org.uk/memorials/item/memorial/12322
War Memorials Online, accessed 25 October 2017 from https://www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk/memorial/135558
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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