Description

SK 78 NE NORTH WHEATLEY TOP STREET
(east side)
2/80 Church of St
Peter and St Paul
I.2.67

G.V. II*

Parish church. C13, C14, C15, C16. Tower c.1480.
Chancel 1824. Restored 1896 by Hodgson Fowler. Further restored
1927. Ashlar and dressed stone with ashlar dressings. Slate and
lead roofs. Chamfered and moulded plinths. West tower, nave,
chancel, north chancel chapel, south porch. West tower, 2 stages,
has string course, eaves band with remains of gargoyles,
crenellated parapet. 2 corner buttresses, 3 setoffs. To west,
C19 cusped head triple lancet with panel tracery and splayed
reveal with hood mould. Second stage has 4 double lancet bell
openings with cusped trefoil heads. Nave, 2 bays, has string
course, moulded coped parapet and coped gable with cross. North
side has 2 buttresses. To east, 2 C15 triple lancets with cusped
heads, in cove-moulded reveals with 4 centred arched heads. That
to west with hood mould. To west, blocked recessed doorway with
hood mould. South side has 2 similar windows. Chancel, 2 bays,
has string course, moulded coped parapet and coped gable with
cross. East end has quintuple lancet with cusped trefoil heads,
in reveal with 4 centred arched head. South side has 2 similar
triple lancets. North chancel chapel, 2 bays, has string course
and moulded coped parapet. West end has 4 centred arched
doorway. North side has central double lancet with cusped
trefoil heads, in 4 centred arched reveal. Rainwater head dated
1824. East end has cusped ogee head double lancet in sqaure
headed chamfered and rebated reveal. South porch, single bay,
timber frame on ashlar plinth, C20. Pair of C20 half glazed
doors with leaded lights; 6 leaded lights each side. Interior
has stone benches. Low pitched roof. South doorway, C16, Tudor
arched with deep cove and roll mouldings and rebate with broach
stops. Coved hood mould with remains of mask stops. Nave north
side has to west C13 stoup re-set in blocked doorway. C19 queen
post roof with corbels carrying curved brackets to tie beams.
Tower arch, C13, chamfered and rebated, without imposts, spanned
by re-set moulded and crested bressummer with central cross.
Tower chamber contains dog leg stair of cleft trunks with treads
pegged on. Chancel arch, C19 in C13 style, double chamfered and
rebated, with moulded octagonal imposts. Chancel has to north 2-
bay C19 arcade with irregular octagonal pier and moulded arches
and C20 traceried panelled timber screen. Roof has 4 centred
arch braces to tie beams, pierced spandrels, responds on
octagonal corbels; moulded timbers and foliate bosses. North
chancel chapel has to east re-set keeled respond and capital, and
to its right re-set C13 niche head. Lean-to roof with moulded
tie beams and struts to principal rafters. Fittings include 10
C15 re-used bench ends with traceried panels and fleur de lys
finials; other benches are C20 copies. Traceried panelled
stalls with fleur de lys ends. C17 side table with turned legs
and chip carving, and similar C17 four legged stool. C19 gradine
incorporating portions of C17 chip carving. Timber pulpit, 1603,
with round headed arcaded panels, reeded pilasters, pulvinated
friezes and strapwork. C12 tub font with cover. 2 benefaction
boards, 1816. Monuments include merchant's mark and brass to
Edmund Cartwright, 1441, and brass 1941. Fragment of capital
with naturalistic foliage.

Listing NGR: SK7621085868

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Peter and St Paul's Church, North Wheatley at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979485

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