Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHESTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1139159
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHESTER ROAD
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- Date:
- 2001-06-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/07253/36
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1139159
- Date first listed:
- 03-Jan-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, CHESTER ROAD
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, CHESTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire West and Chester (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Delamere and Oakmere
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 56032 68577
Details
DELAMERE C.P. CHESTER ROAD SJ 56 NE (North Side) 6/15 Church of St Peter 3/1/67 GV II
Church: dated 1817 on tower by James Gunnery at the expense of the Freemasons, much altered 1878 and vestry of 1915 (Pevsner and Hubbard). Ashlar buff Manley sandstone. Welsh slate roof. 2-bay nave and south aisle, short transepts, 1-bay chancel, south porch against west tower. Decorated style. Gabled porch has broadly moulded 2-centred arched entrance on colonettes. 3-light rectangular nave windows have trefoil-headed lights. Transept has diagonal buttresses and a 3-light window with reticulated tracery and a label mould. 2-light rectangular window with similar tracery. 4-light east window. North side has a window with Y-tracery from the original building. Small tower has diagonal buttresses and simple bands at each stage. Very plain, chamfered 2-light windows and lancets. Embattled parapet on band with gargoyles; pyramidal cap to tower. Interior: Entry into internal porch and area under the tower. Beneath west window is brass plaque recording the laying of the foundation stone and the architect's name. Short nave has west end with tower arch flanked by doorways with Caernarvon arches. 2-bay arcade to south aisle on plain column. Wide chancel has 2 pierced Gothic arch-braced trusses.
Listing NGR: SJ5603268577
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 57441
- 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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