Parish Church of Saint Peter
PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, HIGH STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1311731
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, HIGH STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1311731
- Date first listed:
- 13-Jul-1964
- Statutory Address 1:
- PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, HIGH STREET
Location
- Statutory Address:
- PARISH CHURCH OF SAINT PETER, HIGH STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Thurleigh
- National Grid Reference:
- TL 05135 58466
Details
TL 05NE THURLEIGH HIGH STREET (South Side)
4/186 Parish Church of Saint 13.7.64 Peter
GV II*
Parish church. Circa 1130, C14, C15, restored 1880's, clerestory removed 1970-1. Coursed limestone rubble, mainly ashlar dressings, but ironstone dressings to chacel S windows. Mainly C20 roof coverings but clay tiles to S porch. Central tower, chancel, nave, N and S aisles and S porch. Tower : lower part Norman, top part rebuilt C15. Eroded S doorway, round-headed, in 2 square orders, with billet label and tympanum showing Adam and Eve. Small round-headed windows to N and S, also lancet to S. Top stage has C15 2-light windows to all sides. C20 short leaded spire. Traces of former N chapel. C14 2-bay chancel: 3-light E window. S wall has C14 low-side window, plain doorway and piscina recess, and 2 C15 4-centred windows. E wall retains plain parapet. C15 4-bay nave: arcades both sides, large 4- centred W window and NE rood/tower staircase. C15 N aisle: some windows restored C19. Cinquefoiled piscina set into angle of rood stairs. C15 S aisle: again, some C19 restoration of windows. Cinquefoiled stoup to S wall. C15 S porch: square- headed 2-light windows to each side, and pointed arch under square head. Interior: C15 octagonal font with carved decoration including shields. Early C15 floor brass to knight in nave. 1590 wall brass to Edmond Daye in S aisle S wall. Remains of original roof to aisles, chancel roof possibly from a 1619 restoration.
Listing NGR: TL0513558466
Legacy
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- Legacy System number:
- 36589
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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