Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, OUGHTRINGTON LANE
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1265847
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, OUGHTRINGTON LANE
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1265847
- Date first listed:
- 14-Jun-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, OUGHTRINGTON LANE
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, OUGHTRINGTON LANE
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Warrington (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Lymm
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 69438 87145
Details
SJ 68 NE LYMM C.P. OUGHTRINGTON LANE (west side)
2/65 Church of St.Peter
II
Church, 1871-2, by Slater and Carpenter at expense of C.G.Dewhurst, in late C13 manner. Rock-faced grey snecked rubble sandstone with steep grey slate roofs. 5-bay aisled nave with south porch, gabled south vestry with truncated chimney, apsidal chancel, north-east spire. Rose west window above 4 trefoiled lancets to aisles; clerestorey windows of 2 trefoiled lancets with quatrefoil plate tracery; chancel has heavy buttresses and early Geometrical windows to apse. Square tower of 3 stages carries octagonal belfry with 2-light traceried bell-openings and pinnacles on colonnettes, below corbel table which carries a stone spire with (in order upwards) sex-, quinque-, quatre-, trefoil and circular openings. Interior. Cream stone pillars with brown bases and caps carry brown clerestorey shafts which support arched collar-beam trusses of timber and iron. Lean-to aisle roofs have exposed rafters. Full-height shafts carry the stone vault of the chancel. Blank arcade of 3 trefoils beneath each window in apse. Glass in apse windows and south aisle window by Kempe.
Listing NGR: SJ6943887145
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 423791
- 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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