Description

GAYTON LE WOLD GAYTON
TF 28 NW
6/25 Church of
St. Peter
9.3.67
II

Parish church. Rebuilt in 1889. Red brick with ashlar dressings
with concrete tiled stone coped roofs. Western porch, nave with
western bellcote, chancel. The west porch has a pointed outer
doorway and is roofed with fishscale slates. Dentillated eaves
course. The planked inner door has a single chamfered ashlar
surround. To gable a single gabled ashlar bellcote with trefoil
headed opening. To dentillated side walls of nave are 2 pairs
each of single chamfered lancets. The chancel east wall has a
further pair of Lancets with quatrefoil over and moulded hood.
Beside the porch on the south side are 2 fragments of C10 Anglo
Saxon sculpture, a low relief cross with double outline and cable
moulded rectangular frame. Interior. Chancel arch is wide and
single chamfered. There is a painted metal text above the east
window and cast iron lamp brackets to the chancel and on the west
wall a pointed niche. All fittings including the font which is
a small circular bowl on octagonal shafts, are C19.

Listing NGR: TF2367785975

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26316469

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