Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER, HOBHOLE DRAIN
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359743
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1967
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, HOBHOLE DRAIN
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1359743
- Date first listed:
- 03-Feb-1967
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 17-Mar-1988
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER, HOBHOLE DRAIN
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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, HOBHOLE DRAIN
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lincolnshire
- District:
- East Lindsey (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Midville
- National Grid Reference:
- TF 38470 57032
Details
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 18/06/2015
TF 35 NE
5/27
MIDVILLE
HOBHOLE DRAIN (east side)
Church of St. Peter
(Formerly listed as Parish Church, no dedication)
3.2.67
II
Parish church, formally closed for worship in 2014. Built 1819. Probably by Jeptha Pacey. Red brick with ashlar dressings. Slate roof with bracketed eaves. Moulded cornice forming open pediments in the nave gables. Clasping pilaster strips. Further pilaster strips defining the bays of the north and south sides. Plinth. Nave and short chancel. West end with octagonal wooden cupola, each side with single pointed arched opening. Domed lead roof topped with weather vane. West wall with ashlar first floor band. Pointed arched doorway 4 steps up with plank double door. Over the band is an ashlar plaque inscribed '1819'. The north nave has 3 pointed arched 2 light windows with ashlar plate tracery and lead glazing bars. There is a continuous impost band broken by the pilasters. Under the windows set into the plinth are flush inverted brick arches. The east chancel has a single pointed arched 3 light window with plate tracery. The south nave corresponds to the north, however under the single outer windows are flush panels of narrow brick strips. Interior. Inner porch with doorway with panelled door leading to the gallery. Panelled west gallery supported on 2 cast iron columns. Doorway with double doors under, to the right is a single fixed light with pointed arched glazing bars. To the left is the vestry with panelled partitions. Pointed chancel arch. Painted octagonal font dated 1663, the sides decorated with shields. Cast iron Royal arms.
This church was one of many built in this area after the Fen Churches Act of 1816.
Listing NGR: TF3847057032
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 196240
- 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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