Church of St Peter

CHURCH OF ST PETER, ST PETER'S STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1242343
Date first listed:
03-Dec-1949
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PETER, ST PETER'S STREET
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1242343
Date first listed:
03-Dec-1949
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST PETER, ST PETER'S STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PETER, ST PETER'S STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Kent
District:
Canterbury (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
TR 14736 58015

Details

TR 1458 SE ST PETER'S STREET
(North East Side)

Church of St Peter
2/72
3.12.49

GV I

C14 to C15 built on the site of a probable Roman Christian church. Roman
and Saxon tiles are incorporated in the Bell Tower. The exterior is of 1
storey flint and coursed rubble with fragments of Roman brick. Tiled roof
and restored lancets. The North West tower is crenellated. The rear elevation
has a half hipped roof. The interior has a nave and 2 aisles dating from
the C12. 4 bay nave, Windows are restored double and triple lancets. Wooden
roof. Interior has a piscina and a C13 sanctuary with an Easter Sepulchre.
Norman font with a C17 lid on a pulley attached to a wrought iron bracket.
Georgian wall monuments. Late C17 mace rest.

Nos 12, 13, 13A and the Church of St Peter form a group.


Listing NGR: TR1470257932

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