Church of St Peter

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LITTLE RISSINGTON LITTLE RISSINGTON VILLAGE SP 1819-1919 8/215 Church of St Peter 25.8.60 GV II* Anglican parish church. C13, C14, C15. Restored c1850 by Francis Niblett. Extended and altered 1883 by W. Bassett Smith. Nave and chancel limestone rubble. Some ashlar in the south wall of the nave. West end of the nave (where extended C19) north aisle and porch rock-faced limestone with dressed stone quoins. Tower; coursed squared and finely dressed limestone. Stone slate roof. Nave with projecting south porch and north aisle. Tower set in the angle between the north aisle and the C19 extension to the west end of the nave. Nave south wall; diagonal and side buttresses. Tall lancet right. Two C14 two-light windows with quatrefoils over with ogee-curved cusping and stopped hoods, either side of the porch. C19 studded plank door (within porch) with decorative strap hinges within a round-arched surround of c1200, comprising an arch of 3 orders with roll-mouldings on two orders of cylindrical shafts. Roll-moulded hood. C19 three-light west window with flowing tracery. Ashlar parapet with moulded coping to the south wall. C13 chancel with clasping buttresses, three lancet windows on each side. Additional lancet with cusped head, set at a lower level on the south side. Corbel table with hollow- moulded corbel, at eaves. One corbel on the south side with carved head decoration. Original graduated C13 triple lancet window at the east end. Traces of at least one (possibly two) priest's doorways in the north wall of the chancel. C19 north aisle with side and angle buttresses and pointed single and two- light windows, pointed 3-light window with quatrefoils at the east end. Buttressed C15 three-stage tower. Inscription 'T K C W / 1703 / E L' below the parapet on the south side suggests it may have been restored at about that date. Single light with a 4- centred arched head and stone louvres to the second stage. Similar 2-light belfry windows with carved spandrels to the upper stage. Battlemented parapet. String between the second and third stages. C19 projecting porch with stilted-arched entrance. Roof; stepped coped gables. Sanctus bell turret (without a bell) arch brattished top at the east end of the nave. Upright cross finials at the gable ends of the chancel, north aisle and porch. Stone ridge tiling with curved apex. Interior; plastered. C12 nave arcade of two C12 arches with cylindrical piers supporting large overhanging square scalloped capitals. An octagonal pier with a square hollow-moulded capital has been inserted where the south-east corner of the tower rests on the west arch of the nave arcade. A double-chamfered pointed arch between the tower and the aisle also springs from the pier. Small C15 flat-chamfered Tudor-arched opening in the right of the eastern arch of the nave arcade, formerly giving access to stone stairs to the rood loft via a similar opening. C13 chancel arch of two orders. The inner order springs from a corbelled impost with scalloped decoration to the soffit of each corbel. The left-hand impost has a moulded top with daisy decoration below, the right- hand impost is more heavily restored and lacks the daisy decoration. Three-bay nave with 2 half bays in addition at either end, late C18-early C19 roof trusses with an arch-braced collar and raking struts: arch-braced collar, ridge purlin above the collar with scissor bracing above. The arched bracing is supported on simple moulded corbels. C19 arch-braced roof trusses with king posts to the north aisle. Coloured tile flooring including some encaustic tiling in the nave and chancel. Large cinquefoil headed recess at the east end of the north aisle (within the vestry). Piscina now partly hidden by the pulpit in the south wall of the nave. C14 trefoil-headed piscina in the south wall of the chancel. Aumbry (formerly with a door) in the wall opposite. Fixtures and fittings; C15 octagonal font with quatrefoils in each side in aisle opposite the south door. C19 octagonal stone pulpit. C19-early C20 pews and choir stalls. Monuments; early C18 stone ledger with inscription now partly obscured by C20 organ at the east end of the north aisle. Monument to Maria, wife of Robert Glyn, died 1682, on the north wall of the chancel. Circular inscription plaque with a marble surround with two cherubs leaning towards a skull at the top and two winged cherubs' heads towards the bottom. C19 marble monument to Robert le Marchant, former rector, died 1915, his wife and three of their children. C20 R.A.F. memorial window at the west end of the nave. (V.C.H. Vol. VI p.l04 and David Verey, The Buildings of England, The Cotswolds, 1979)

Listing NGR: SP1894319976

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Sources

Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 1 The Cotswolds, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1965), 104

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