Description

TF 61 SW WIGGENHALL ST. GERMANS THE CHASE

4/29 Ruins of Church of
8.7.59 St. Peter

- II*

Former parish church. Largely C15, chancel in construction 1421. Ashlar with
brick repairs, no roof. West tower, nave, chancel. 3 stage tower, the lower
2 undifferentiated, flat buttresses to east, setback south-west, stair turret
north-west. 3-light west window under hood. Square lancets to ringing chamber
and 2-light belfry windows. Plain parapet. Low arched doors to north, south
and west of tower. South aisle demolished 1840 and 3-light windows reset into
blocked arcade arches. 4 bay arcade of square section piers with semi-circular
lobes. North as south but with 5 stepped buttresses. Chancel windows 2-light
: one to north, 2 to south, of earlier post-Decorated type than nave. East
window under 4-centred arch but tracery mostly missing, unlike other
fenestration.

Listing NGR: TF6043413252

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17554829

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Old House Care and Repair
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of History Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas