Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard
CHAPEL IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221896
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard
- Statutory Address:
- CHAPEL IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1221896
- Date first listed:
- 14-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHAPEL IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
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:
- CHAPEL IN ST PETER'S CHURCHYARD, THE VILLAGE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Prestbury
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ9008676902
Details
SJ 97 NW PRESTBURY C.P. THE VILLAGE
(East Side)
6/219 Chapel in St.Peter's
Churchyard
14/4/1967
GV II
Chapel: c.1150 but rebuilt and restored 1747 for Sir William Meredith.
Ashlar buff sandstone with Kerridge stone-slate roof. Simple 2-bay
nave and lower 1-bay chancel. West doorway is surviving C12 work.
Pair of columns with scrolled capitals have 3 semi-circular arches
with raised heads, zig zags and pellets respectively. Tympanum has
figure of Christ in Majesty (now badly worn) above a pair of studded
oak doors. Above the corbel table are 7 now defaced figures, said to
represent the Trinity, St.Peter, Richard I and figures of church and
state. A plaque in a rusticated surround records in Latin the
restoration. "SACELLUM HOC ANTIQUISSIMUM UT PERHIBETUR HVIUS PAROCHIAE
ORATORIUM VETUSTATE RUINOSUM UNA IAM PRIDEM PARTE COLLAPSA OMNI FERE
ALTERA COLLAPASCENTE NE PRISCAE PIETATIS VENERABILE MONUMENTUM
FUNDITUS CORRUERIT SUMPTIBUS SUIS RESTITUIT G.M.B. AD MDCCXLVII".
There is an elliptical light in the gable. A simple plinth goes
around the chapel and there are 2 round headed lights in the nave and
one in the chancel. East window is a circular light.
Interior: Windows are in slight embrasures. Rebated semi-circular
chancel arch over 3 steps to raised chancel. Altar table in
semi-circular headed recess. 3 further plaques in Latin in the
chancel and one over nave door refer to the reconstruction.
Listing NGR: SJ9008676902
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 413839
- 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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