Description

TF 82 SE WEASENHAM ST. PETER

2/51 Church of St.Peter
30.5.60
- II*

Parish church. Medieval and later, (major restoration of 1870). Flint
with ashlar dressings. Plaintiled chancel roof, nave and aisle roof not
visible. West tower, nave with south aisle and north porch and chancel
with vestry to south. Unbuttressed C13 tower with lancet west window
and crudely cut quatrefoil sound hole above. Plain twin bell-openings
within containing arches to east and west only. C19 parapet and pinnacles.
3 very tall Perpendicular north nave windows of 3 lights with embattled
transoms and mouchettes. Plinth below decorated with blind arcade and
sunken petal motif. 3 3-light Perpendicular south windows with embattled
transoms and row of simple panels above. Fine Decorated south aisle west
window of 3 lights with diagonal 4-petal motif. C15 north porch with
diagonal buttresses and north face entirely covered with flushwork. Moulded
north door with traceried spandrels and embattled stringcourse above.
Crenellated parapets and chancel C19. C15 south arcade of 4 bays with
very narrow lozenge shaped piers with flat facetted pilasters supporting
inner orders of hollow chamfered arches. Chancel arch in similar style.
Squat tower arch with polygonal responds and 2 plain chamfered orders.
Entrance to former rood stair with 4-centred arch and decorated spandrels.
Re-set chancel piscina with trefoil head. Octagonal font with quatrefoil
panels.

Listing NGR: TF8561822355

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17553603

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Recommended Books

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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (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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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover