Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1335410
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II*
- List Entry Number:
- 1335410
- Date first listed:
- 26-Aug-1965
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
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
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Derbyshire
- District:
- Bolsover (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Elmton with Creswell
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 50265 73452
Details
SK 57 SW PARISH OF ELMTON WITH CRESWELL ELMTON 5/125 (East Side) 26.8.25 Church of St Peter GV II*
Parish church. 1773. Sandstone ashlar. Hipped and gabled welsh slate roofs. Stone coped gable with moulded kneelers. Moulded dentil eaves cornice continuing as a band around the tower. West tower partly engaged by the nave. Nave, chancel and north vestry. Low tower rising only a short way above the nave roof. Pitched roof with plain gable ends and moulded eaves cornice. South doorway with moulded architrave, bolection moulded frieze and cornice. Pair of C19 plank doors. Blind lunette above, with radiating voussoirs. Louvred circular bell-opening. On the west side is a tall round-arched window with moulded arch set within a blind round-arched recess. Circular louvred bell-opening above. To the north a C20 brick boiler house and chimney not of special interest. Blind rectangular window. The north side of the nave has three tall blind round arches and a cornice without dentils. Square projecting vestry has a doorway to the west and a stepped round-arched window to the east, with moulded keystone. Hipped roof to chancel. Canted apse to the east has a central round-arched window with moulded arch and impost blocks, set within a blind round arch. Similar window on the south side of the chancel and three similar windows on the south side of the nave, all with radiating voussoirs. Plain plastered interior with flat ceiling. Circular font on an octagonal base. C18 pulpit with raised and fielded panels, fluted pilasters and tester. Plain round-arched chancel arch. Painted chancel ceiling. Communion rails with turned balusters.
Listing NGR: SK5026573452
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 79294
- 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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