Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1186416
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1186416
- Date first listed:
- 10-Jan-1955
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, HIGH 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, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Newnham
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 69046 11504
Details
SO 61 SE NEWNHAM HIGH STREET (east side) 2/30 Church of St Peter 10.1.55 (formerly listed under General) - II
Anglican parish church. Architect: Waller and Son. Principally 1881 but incor- porating some C14 work in tower. Rubble, plain tile roofs. Three stage tower at west end of nave and adjoining wide south aisle, deep north porch and tran- septal north chapel, shallow chancel. Crenellated tower with squat spire and small spire to stair vice. Windows generally in C14 'decorated' style; remains of Norman window built in by north door. Interior: nave in four bays, arch- braced truss roof, south arcade 4-bay cylindrical red granite columns with C13 type leaf carved capitals; triple shafts in granite to corbels at chancel arch; and short shafts on floriated corbels to chancel roof. C19 stone pulpit, wrought iron sanctuary rail, tile floors. Tower arch fitted with C20 panelling. Ancient font bowl, circular, unlined; one of group of Norman fonts in the county. The present church is on the site of a C14 building, which in its turn replaced an earlier church lower in the town. The new church of 1875, by Waller and Son of Gloucester, was almost completely destroyed by fire shortly afterwards, but rebuilt by Waller, 1881.
Listing NGR: SO6904611504
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 353977
- 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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