Description

WHERWELL CHURCH STREET

116/9/33 Church of St Peter
and Holy Cross

- II*

Parish church, being a replacement of a double-aisled medieval building, which may have been part of the adjoining Benedictine Nunnery. 1856-8, by Woodyer. Nave and aisles of 4 bays, chancel, north vestry, western bell turret, and south porch. Tiled roof, continued above the aisles without a clerestory. Flint walls with stone dressings; buttresses, geometrical windows, cill banding to the chancel, plinth. Within, the north aisle at the west end has some built-in sculptured fragments, and there is an effigy of a nun on a modern base, an altar tomb of 1551 (to Sir Owen West with early Renaissance details, and a medieval corbel made from part of a Saxon cross (with interlaced carving).

Listing NGR: SU3913140918

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17539226

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Recommended Books

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  Suffolk: West: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record
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  Development and Design of Heritage Sensitive Sites: Strategies for Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas
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  The Victorian House Manual (2nd Edition): How They Were Built, Improvements & Refurbishment, Solutions to All Common Defects - Includes Relevant ... ... Properties (Haynes Manual) (Haynes Manuals)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)