Church of King Charles the Martyr
Church of King Charles the Martyr
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334854
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of King Charles the Martyr
- Statutory Address:
- Church of King Charles the Martyr
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2005-06-06
- Reference:
- IOE01/14445/19
- Rights:
- © Mr David Morten. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1334854
- Date first listed:
- 21-Apr-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Aug-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Church of King Charles the Martyr
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of King Charles the Martyr
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 King Charles the Martyr
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- High Peak (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Peak Forest
- National Park:
- Peak District
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 11367 79199
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 5 October 2021 to remove superfluous amendment details and to reformat the text to current standards
SK 17 NW
3/1
PARISH OF PEAK FOREST
Church of King Charles the Martyr
(Formerly listed as Church of St Charles the Martyr, previously listed as Church of King Charles the Martyr)
21.4.1967
II
Church, 1876-77 by H Cockbain for the 7th Duke of Devonshire's Peak Forest estate, and replacing the C17 chapel which formerly stood on the site. Coursed squared rubble limestone with gritstone dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, graduated slate roof coverings. West tower, nave, north and south aisles and chancel. Tower of three stages, with stepped angle buttresses to first stage, two-light chamfer mullioned openings to second stage, and tall, two-light pointed arched openings beneath hoodmoulds, with carved stops to bell stage. Moulded stringcourses delineate tower stages. Embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. Doorway to south wall of tower with pointed arch beneath a hoodmould.
Five bay south aisle with stepped buttresses, three-light windows with pointed arches and panel tracery beneath hoodmoulds, a narrow doorway to the fourth bay with shallow arched head beneath a stepped hoodmould, and a fifth bay with a two-light window. North aisle of four bays. Aisle east windows of three-lights with panel tracery beneath hoodmoulds and with stepped buttresses to corners and junction with nave. Nave and chancel beneath single roofline and of seven bays in all, with tall five-light east window with dec. style tracery and with stepped string-course linking with cills of flanking aisle windows. Painted glass to east window of chancel. Five-light window with panel tracery to west gable of nave.
Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SK1136779199
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 82302
- 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.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 22-Jun-2026 at 00:26:29.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.