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Church of St Peter

A Grade II Listed Building in Newnham, Gloucestershire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.8013 / 51°48'4"N

Longitude: -2.4503 / 2°27'1"W

OS Eastings: 369046

OS Northings: 211504

OS Grid: SO690115

Mapcode National: GBR FY.XLTY

Mapcode Global: VH86Z.GZZH

Plus Code: 9C3VRG2X+GV

Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 10 January 1955

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1186416

English Heritage Legacy ID: 353977

Also known as: St Peter's Church, Newnham

ID on this website: 101186416

Location: St Peter's Church, Newnham, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, GL14

County: Gloucestershire

District: Forest of Dean

Civil Parish: Newnham

Built-Up Area: Newnham

Traditional County: Gloucestershire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Gloucestershire

Church of England Parish: Newnham St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Gloucester

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Description


SO 61 SE NEWNHAM HIGH STREET (east side) 2/30 Church of St Peter 10.1.55 (formerly listed under General) - II

Anglican parish church. Architect: Waller and Son. Principally 1881 but incor- porating some C14 work in tower. Rubble, plain tile roofs. Three stage tower at west end of nave and adjoining wide south aisle, deep north porch and tran- septal north chapel, shallow chancel. Crenellated tower with squat spire and small spire to stair vice. Windows generally in C14 'decorated' style; remains of Norman window built in by north door. Interior: nave in four bays, arch- braced truss roof, south arcade 4-bay cylindrical red granite columns with C13 type leaf carved capitals; triple shafts in granite to corbels at chancel arch; and short shafts on floriated corbels to chancel roof. C19 stone pulpit, wrought iron sanctuary rail, tile floors. Tower arch fitted with C20 panelling. Ancient font bowl, circular, unlined; one of group of Norman fonts in the county. The present church is on the site of a C14 building, which in its turn replaced an earlier church lower in the town. The new church of 1875, by Waller and Son of Gloucester, was almost completely destroyed by fire shortly afterwards, but rebuilt by Waller, 1881.

Listing NGR: SO6904611504

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