Church of St Peter and St Paul
CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, SCHOOL HILL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1238545
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1982
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, SCHOOL HILL
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1238545
- Date first listed:
- 27-Jan-1982
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, SCHOOL HILL
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL, SCHOOL HILL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Colchester (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Birch
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 94371 19947
Details
BIRCH SCHOOL HILL 1. 5214 Church of St Peter and St Paul TL 91 NW 16/16 II 2. Built in 1850 by Teulon, in flint with limestone dressings. Red plain tile roof, with crested ridges. Nave, chancel, north and south aisles, south porch and west tower. West front has 2 gables, with traceried windows in the decorated style. West tower is surmounted by a shingled broach spire, 110 feet high. Windows have 2 centred arches throughout and tracery to match west front. Gabled south porch has simple 5 cant roof. All other roofs are framed side purlin with arch bracing and ridge pole, principal rafters with collars, braced to corbels.
Listing NGR: TL9437119947
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 416084
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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