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Latitude: 53.289 / 53°17'20"N
Longitude: -2.1502 / 2°9'0"W
OS Eastings: 390086
OS Northings: 376902
OS Grid: SJ900769
Mapcode National: GBR FZFD.9P
Mapcode Global: WHBBG.YL8G
Plus Code: 9C5V7RQX+HW
Entry Name: Chapel in St Peter's Churchyard
Listing Date: 14 April 1967
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1221896
English Heritage Legacy ID: 413839
Also known as: The Norman Chapel
ID on this website: 101221896
Location: St Peter's Church, Prestbury, Cheshire East, Cheshire, SK10
County: Cheshire East
Civil Parish: Prestbury
Built-Up Area: Macclesfield
Traditional County: Cheshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire
Church of England Parish: Prestbury St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Chester
Tagged with: Chapel
SJ 97 NW PRESTBURY C.P. THE VILLAGE
(East Side)
6/219 Chapel in St.Peter's
Churchyard
14/4/1967
GV II
Chapel: c.1150 but rebuilt and restored 1747 for Sir William Meredith.
Ashlar buff sandstone with Kerridge stone-slate roof. Simple 2-bay
nave and lower 1-bay chancel. West doorway is surviving C12 work.
Pair of columns with scrolled capitals have 3 semi-circular arches
with raised heads, zig zags and pellets respectively. Tympanum has
figure of Christ in Majesty (now badly worn) above a pair of studded
oak doors. Above the corbel table are 7 now defaced figures, said to
represent the Trinity, St.Peter, Richard I and figures of church and
state. A plaque in a rusticated surround records in Latin the
restoration. "SACELLUM HOC ANTIQUISSIMUM UT PERHIBETUR HVIUS PAROCHIAE
ORATORIUM VETUSTATE RUINOSUM UNA IAM PRIDEM PARTE COLLAPSA OMNI FERE
ALTERA COLLAPASCENTE NE PRISCAE PIETATIS VENERABILE MONUMENTUM
FUNDITUS CORRUERIT SUMPTIBUS SUIS RESTITUIT G.M.B. AD MDCCXLVII".
There is an elliptical light in the gable. A simple plinth goes
around the chapel and there are 2 round headed lights in the nave and
one in the chancel. East window is a circular light.
Interior: Windows are in slight embrasures. Rebated semi-circular
chancel arch over 3 steps to raised chancel. Altar table in
semi-circular headed recess. 3 further plaques in Latin in the
chancel and one over nave door refer to the reconstruction.
Listing NGR: SJ9008676902
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