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Church of St Peter

A Grade I Listed Building in Manningford, Wiltshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.3212 / 51°19'16"N

Longitude: -1.801 / 1°48'3"W

OS Eastings: 413964

OS Northings: 158026

OS Grid: SU139580

Mapcode National: GBR 4YB.1HY

Mapcode Global: VHB4R.Q2R0

Plus Code: 9C3W85CX+FJ

Entry Name: Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 27 May 1964

Grade: I

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1300103

English Heritage Legacy ID: 311037

Also known as: St. Peter's Church

ID on this website: 101300103

Location: St Peter's Church, Manningford Bohune, Wiltshire, SN9

County: Wiltshire

Civil Parish: Manningford

Traditional County: Wiltshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Wiltshire

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Description


MANNINGFORD MANNINGFORD BRUCE
SU 15 NW
2/86 Church of St. Peter
27.5.64
I
Anglican parish church on site of Roman building. Early C12, C13
and C15, restored 1882 by J.L. Pearson. Romanesque work in coursed
herringbone flint, with limestone quoining, later work random
flint. C19 lead roofs, replaced by tile over nave. Nave, apsidal
chancel, and south porch. Nave has one C12 window on north, and
chancel two, single splayed with flush voussoirs, the outer arris
slightly chamfered. No east window. West window C13, three-light
bar tracery. C15 two-light windows inserted to south side of nave
and chancel. Limestone quoins at springing of apse. Nave and
chancel reroofed to steep pitch in 1882 and south porch rebuilt in
C14 style. Over west end of nave, lead covered belltower with
pyramidal roof and open traceried gallery.
Interior: Simple Romanesque 2-cell structure, the nave 5.73m x
10.25m, walls 1.02m thick. Wide chancel arch with 2 rings of
voussoirs, interlocked 'V'-wise towards nave only. Tall north and
south doors, with taller rere-arches, also without decoration. C19
wagon roof. Chancel with two aumbries. Barrel vault C19, boarded
in parquet fashion and semi-dome over apse. Walls painted by
Clayton & Bell, the upper parts outlined as ashlar in C14 style,
perhaps restoring original. Two glass windows also by Clayton &
Bell. Fittings: Font, C19 square, in Romanesque style. Pulpit
c1920. Pews and stalls by Pearson. Painted reredos designed by
Pearson, executed by Clayton & Bell. C19 iron openwork sanctuary
rail. South door to nave boarded and cross battened with iron
banding on face, probably C12 rehung in C19. Organ, early C19 in
later case. Monuments: In chancel 3 wall tablets on north side,
white marble: from east (a) coloured arms over segmental pediment
on framed inscription. Bracket below, to Mary Nicholas, died 1686.
(b) Pedimented tablet with gadrooned string below, apron and putto
under. To Edward Nicholas, died 1706. (c) Simple tablet to
George Wells died 1813, and wife. In nave: Two tablets, white on
grey marble: (a) Tablet with guilloche and mutules under, by
Reeves of Bath, to John Grant, died 1810, and wife. (b) Oval
slate -to Elizabeth Grank Meek, and sister, 1956, and (c) Plain
tablet by Reeves, to John Alexander, died 1836. Also two C19 and
one C20 brasses.
(Pevsner, Buildings of England, Wiltshire, 1975, 330-331.)


Listing NGR: SU1396458026

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