Tower and Spire, Church of St Peter and St Paul
TOWER AND SPIRE, CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1299161
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Tower and Spire, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address:
- TOWER AND SPIRE, CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
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- Reference:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1299161
- Date first listed:
- 04-Jul-1985
- List Entry Name:
- Tower and Spire, Church of St Peter and St Paul
- Statutory Address 1:
- TOWER AND SPIRE, CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
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:
- TOWER AND SPIRE, CHURCH OF ST PETER AND ST PAUL
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Gloucestershire
- District:
- Forest of Dean (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Westbury-on-Severn
- National Grid Reference:
- SO 71714 13918
Details
SO 71 SW WESTBURY-ON-SEVERN WESTBURY VILLAGE
11/216 Tower and spire, Church of St. Peter and St. Paul
GV 1
Detached Church tower and spire: late C13 tower, C14 spire; thin grey rubble walls with larger red-brown quoins: shingled spire. Square. Battered plinth with roll moulding to north face; square-set corner buttresses on left, octagonal stair turret on right with pilasters to north and west faces. 2-light geometric tracery window to upper level, with circular clock face above: lancet to stair turret to right. Slight eaves to broached octagonal spire: 2-light, square openings with timber louvres at low level, lean-to roofs. Ball finial and weathercock. East face has no plinth; square-set corner buttresses; chamfered, 2-centred arched opening to double boarded doors. Above 2 creasings for roof to demolished chapel: lancet window between with further lancet above with 2 stone louvres. Internally heavy timber beams carry floor over. Detached from church, (q.v.). Medieval chapel to east of spire re-roofed 1779, used as school 1710-1849, demolished 1862. Spire repaired with timber from casks in 1680. (Victoria County History, Gloucestershire, Vol. X, 1972; D. Verey, Gloucestershire, The Vale and the Forest of Dean, 1970).
Listing NGR: SO7171313920
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 354297
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Verey, D, The Buildings of England: Gloucestershire 2 The Vale and The Forest of Dean, (1970)
Page, W, The Victoria History of the County of Gloucester, (1972)
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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