Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124048
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1124048
- Date first listed:
- 11-Apr-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH LANE
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:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHURCH LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Epping Forest (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Ongar
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 55406 05040
Details
TL 50 NE ONGAR SHELLEY CHURCH LANE Church of St. Peter 2/141
GV II
Church. 1888. Habershon and Fawkner. The third known church on the site and built from money raised by subscription, £3000 being given by Revd. W.M. Oliver of Bobbingworth. Red brick built, the exterior clad with dressed flint. Early English style with stone dressings to windows, doors and quoins. Red tiled roof with pierced ridge. Nave, Chancel, North Tower with North door and South Porch. The North Tower of 3 orders with stone capped dressed, angled buttresses, 3 light lancets to east and west ground floor faces, stone roundels with trefoils and stopped labels to second stage and 2 light belfr y openings with stopped labels. 2 centre arch door surround of moulded orders with 2 shafts left and right with moulded bases, Corinthian capitals, foliate stopped label. Broached, shingle spire. Nave, aisle and chancel with matching stone capped and dressed buttresses. One, two or three light lancet windows all stone dressed and with foliate stops to labels. East window, stone of 3 lancet lights with 3 roundels over and foliate stops to labels. South porch of timber, with red tile roof and matching pierced ridge tiles. West window of 3 light, 2 stage lancets with foliate label stops and circular light above. All windows with original diamond leaded, pink, green and lemon glass with red and white margins. Stained glass East window. Internally a theme of red brick walls, cream stone window dressings with a black brick band continuing over each lancet head. Colour theme extended to floor tiles. Vertical wooden panelling to pews. Arcade of 3 two centred arches, and a 2 centre Chancel Arch and Vestry arch, the two latter,stone dressed, with foliate stops to labels. 7 cant roof to Nave and 5 cant boarded roof to Chancel. Altar furniture of black, red and gold and the colour theme again in Bishops Chair and Font cover and lectern. Stone octagonal Pulpit with 2 light lancet design. Brass communion rails with involucres and bosses and twisted bases. William and Mary Font. There is a painting "The Madonna di Foligno" after Raphael, in the Church. Monuments to Hodesley Green 8 December 1699. Fridswid Green 1630 John Greene 1595. The Greenes lived at Shelley Hall 1580-Early Cl8. RCHM 1.
Listing NGR: TL5540605040
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 117856
- 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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