Description

SJ 68 NE LYMM C.P. OUGHTRINGTON LANE
(west side)

2/65 Church of St.Peter

II

Church, 1871-2, by Slater and Carpenter at expense of C.G.Dewhurst, in
late C13 manner. Rock-faced grey snecked rubble sandstone with steep
grey slate roofs. 5-bay aisled nave with south porch, gabled south
vestry with truncated chimney, apsidal chancel, north-east spire.
Rose west window above 4 trefoiled lancets to aisles; clerestorey
windows of 2 trefoiled lancets with quatrefoil plate tracery; chancel
has heavy buttresses and early Geometrical windows to apse. Square
tower of 3 stages carries octagonal belfry with 2-light traceried
bell-openings and pinnacles on colonnettes, below corbel table which
carries a stone spire with (in order upwards) sex-, quinque-, quatre-,
trefoil and circular openings.
Interior. Cream stone pillars with brown bases and caps carry brown
clerestorey shafts which support arched collar-beam trusses of timber
and iron. Lean-to aisle roofs have exposed rafters. Full-height
shafts carry the stone vault of the chancel. Blank arcade of 3
trefoils beneath each window in apse. Glass in apse windows and south
aisle window by Kempe.

Listing NGR: SJ6943887145

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Peter's Church, Oughtrington at Wikipedia
• St Peter's Church, Oughtrington official website
• Wikidata Q7595272

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Cork: City and County (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)