Church of St Peter
CHURCH OF ST PETER
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1030939
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-1959
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Peter
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PETER
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1030939
- Date first listed:
- 18-Jun-1959
- 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.
- District:
- Telford and Wrekin (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Wrockwardine
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 62458 12051
Details
WROCKWARDINE WROCKWARDINE 1. 5362 Church of St Peter
SJ 6212 3/658 18.6.59
I GV
2. Mainly late C12 to early C13. Large sandstone church with tiled roofs. Cruciform plan with nave, chancel, north and south transepts, crossing tower and chapels on north and south sides of chancel. Nave has C19 restored Decorated style windows, the west window with reticulated tracery. Chancel has reticulated traceried 3-light east window and round-headed lancel in south wall. North and south transepts have 3-light perpendicular windows and south doorway of south transept has round arch and thick continuous quarter-round mouldings. The north doorway of north transept has round arch and one order of shafts though the shafts are missing the trumpet and waterleaf capitals remain. North chapel has decorated 3-light east window. Small perpendicular south chapel. Crossing tower of C12 with C14 upper part. It has large buttresses with set-offs on south-west and north-west corners and a circular turret on the north-west corner with ogee cap, battlements and pyramidal tiled roof. Lancets in the tower stage and Decorated 2-light bell-openings above. Interior: Massive crossing piers with narrow fluting to the capitals. C19 roofs. Modern font. Jacobean pulpit. Communion rail with balusters. Stained glass by O'Connar 1861 and by Kempe 1887 and 1902. Memorial window of 1906 by Mary Newill. Monument to William Chudde 1765 - large Rococo tablet.
Listing NGR: SJ6246312051
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 362515
- 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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