Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, RIVERSIDE, LONDON COLNEY, AL2 1QA
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174696
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, RIVERSIDE, LONDON COLNEY, AL2 1QA
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1174696
- Date first listed:
- 27-Sept-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, RIVERSIDE, LONDON COLNEY, AL2 1QA
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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, RIVERSIDE, LONDON COLNEY, AL2 1QA
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Hertfordshire
- District:
- St. Albans (District Authority)
- Parish:
- London Colney
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 18191 03760
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 24/05/2016
TL 10 SE
13/123
LONDON COLNEY
HIGH STREET (north side)
CHURCH OF ST PETER
GV
II
Parish Church, 1825, by George Smith. An early example of the Norman revival with painted stucco facade when listed in 1984, removed during repairs 1987. Red brick side elevations. Slate roof. Single aisle with 2-storeyed gabled front. The front is tripartite with shallow stepped dividing buttresses, the central buttresses formerly with pinnacles. The door, approached by flight of steps, is round arched and flanked by narrow blank arches. Above is a tripartite arched window. All doors and windows with hood moulds. Most openings have slender shafts with scalloped capitals. Side elevations with 5 round-headed cast iron casements. Interior has 4 wooden roof trusses and a 6-column rear gallery. Stained glass E windows, depicting ascension, designed by the Dowager Marchioness of Waterford and made by Hughes in 1865. 1983/84 N extension.
(Pevsner (1977), Barker Kenneth, (2010) The History of St Peter's Church, London Colney).
Listing NGR: TL1819103760
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 163657
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, Cherry, B, The Buildings of England: Hertfordshire, (1977)
Barker, Kenneth, The History of St Peter's Church, London Colney, (2010)
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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