Church of St Peter
Church of St. Peter, Church Road, Thundersley
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Overview
TQ 78 NE
1/22
THUNDERSLEY
CHURCH ROAD
Church of St. Peter
7-8-52
II*
Parish church. Circa 1200 nave, north and south aisles, C15 bell turret. C20 south porch incorporating old timbers. Former chancel of c1885 demolished and a large c.1966 building by Donald Insall and Associates erected in its place. Original church, plastered stone rubble, flint and brick. Red plain tiled roof, shingle spire. West wall. West window C15 of three cinquefoil lights, vertical tracery over, two centred head, label with head stops, below this window is the blocked C15 doorway with chamfered jambs, three-centre arched head. North aisle C19/C20 two-centre arched window, square label over. Four buttresses to this wall, north wall of north aisle, eastern C19/C20 three-light window, square head and label. C14 north doorway, chamfered two-centre arch. Vertically boarded door. South aisle, south wall, two restored windows of two trefoil lights under square heads. Gabled weatherboarded south porch with cambered tie beam. The larger and taller C20 extension with hanging tile or shingle plinth and continuous windows over to north and south with large, steeply pitched red tiled roof. Stone brick east wall, the centre breaks forward with returns of stained glass.
Interior: nave roof of seven cants, a heavy cambered tie beam supports the four armed cross quadrate crown post. North and south arcades of three bays with two centred arches of two hollow chamfered orders, columns and responds alternatively round and oval. Moulded capitals carved with stiff leaf foliage all of different designs, moulded bases. Bell turret with angle posts, east two centre arched bracing, three pairs of side girts to north and south with upper saltire bracing and centre posts. Font now situated in C20 extension, octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels enclosing square flowers, of unknown date. Stained glass quarries in south east window of south aisle. RCHM 1.
Listing NGR: TQ7828188682
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1170125
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St. Peter, Church Road, Thundersley
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1170125
- Date first listed:
- 07-Aug-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St. Peter, Church Road, Thundersley
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 Road, Thundersley
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Castle Point (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 78281 88682
Summary
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 27 January 2026 to amend a date of build and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 78 NE
1/22
THUNDERSLEY
CHURCH ROAD
Church of St. Peter
7-8-52
II*
Parish church. Circa 1200 nave, north and south aisles, C15 bell turret. C20 south porch incorporating old timbers. Former chancel of c1885 demolished and a large c.1966 building by Donald Insall and Associates erected in its place. Original church, plastered stone rubble, flint and brick. Red plain tiled roof, shingle spire. West wall. West window C15 of three cinquefoil lights, vertical tracery over, two centred head, label with head stops, below this window is the blocked C15 doorway with chamfered jambs, three-centre arched head. North aisle C19/C20 two-centre arched window, square label over. Four buttresses to this wall, north wall of north aisle, eastern C19/C20 three-light window, square head and label. C14 north doorway, chamfered two-centre arch. Vertically boarded door. South aisle, south wall, two restored windows of two trefoil lights under square heads. Gabled weatherboarded south porch with cambered tie beam. The larger and taller C20 extension with hanging tile or shingle plinth and continuous windows over to north and south with large, steeply pitched red tiled roof. Stone brick east wall, the centre breaks forward with returns of stained glass.
Interior: nave roof of seven cants, a heavy cambered tie beam supports the four armed cross quadrate crown post. North and south arcades of three bays with two centred arches of two hollow chamfered orders, columns and responds alternatively round and oval. Moulded capitals carved with stiff leaf foliage all of different designs, moulded bases. Bell turret with angle posts, east two centre arched bracing, three pairs of side girts to north and south with upper saltire bracing and centre posts. Font now situated in C20 extension, octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels enclosing square flowers, of unknown date. Stained glass quarries in south east window of south aisle. RCHM 1.
Listing NGR: TQ7828188682
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Enhancement on 27 January 2026 to amend a date of build and reformat the text to current standards
TQ 78 NE
1/22
THUNDERSLEY
CHURCH ROAD
Church of St. Peter
7-8-52
II*
Parish church. Circa 1200 nave, north and south aisles, C15 bell turret. C20 south porch incorporating old timbers. Former chancel of c1885 demolished and a large c.1966 building by Donald Insall and Associates erected in its place. Original church, plastered stone rubble, flint and brick. Red plain tiled roof, shingle spire. West wall. West window C15 of three cinquefoil lights, vertical tracery over, two centred head, label with head stops, below this window is the blocked C15 doorway with chamfered jambs, three-centre arched head. North aisle C19/C20 two-centre arched window, square label over. Four buttresses to this wall, north wall of north aisle, eastern C19/C20 three-light window, square head and label. C14 north doorway, chamfered two-centre arch. Vertically boarded door. South aisle, south wall, two restored windows of two trefoil lights under square heads. Gabled weatherboarded south porch with cambered tie beam. The larger and taller C20 extension with hanging tile or shingle plinth and continuous windows over to north and south with large, steeply pitched red tiled roof. Stone brick east wall, the centre breaks forward with returns of stained glass.
Interior: nave roof of seven cants, a heavy cambered tie beam supports the four armed cross quadrate crown post. North and south arcades of three bays with two centred arches of two hollow chamfered orders, columns and responds alternatively round and oval. Moulded capitals carved with stiff leaf foliage all of different designs, moulded bases. Bell turret with angle posts, east two centre arched bracing, three pairs of side girts to north and south with upper saltire bracing and centre posts. Font now situated in C20 extension, octagonal bowl with quatrefoiled panels enclosing square flowers, of unknown date. Stained glass quarries in south east window of south aisle. RCHM 1.
Listing NGR: TQ7828188682
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 116840
- 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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