Church of St Peter and St Paul
CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, PARK STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1162717
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, PARK STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1162717
- Date first listed:
- 31-Aug-1962
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, PARK STREET
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 AND ST PAUL, PARK STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Cambridgeshire
- District:
- South Cambridgeshire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Dry Drayton
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 37999 61957
Details
TL 36 SE DRY DRAYTON PARK STREET (South Side) 1/86 Church of St Peter 31. 8.62 and St Paul
II*
Parish Church. Late C13 West tower, late C13 and C14 nave arcades, substantial C19 restorations including the rebuilding of the chancel in 1851 and the west tower restoration of 1874. Pebble and fieldstones with clunch dressings to windows and doors and limestone to quoins. Original wall material cased with broken pieces of limestone ashlar and the clunch dressings have mostly been replaced by Ketton stone. Slate roofs. West tower of three stages, with C19 brick embattlement and two-light bell stage openings and west window. Nave has C19 clerestorey with three C14 style quatrefoil openings. South aisle also restored late C13 or early C14 work. Chancel C19. Interior: North and south nave arcades of three bays, each with two-centred arches of two chamfered orders on octagonal columns with moulded capitals but obscured bases. Both sides of north arcade have moulded labels with mask stops. Tower arch of three chamfered arches, the inner of half-octagonal responds with moulded capital and bases. The chancel arch is similar to that of the nave arcade. Font: C13 limestone. Octagonal basin on square stem with polygonal shafts to each side. Brasses: West of chancel arch. Thomas Hatton and his wife 1540. Male and female figures with shields of arms above and indents for two groups of children and inscription. In chancel; male figure with inscription plate. Medieval. R.C.H.M. West Cambs., mon.(1) Pevsner. Buildings of England, p331
Listing NGR: TL3799961957
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 51703
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: Cambridgeshire, (1970), 331
Other
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Cambridgeshire West, (1968)
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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