Description

TL 05NE THURLEIGH HIGH STREET (South Side)

4/186 Parish Church of Saint
13.7.64 Peter

GV II*

Parish church. Circa 1130, C14, C15, restored 1880's, clerestory removed
1970-1. Coursed limestone rubble, mainly ashlar dressings, but ironstone
dressings to chacel S windows. Mainly C20 roof coverings but clay tiles to S
porch. Central tower, chancel, nave, N and S aisles and S porch. Tower :
lower part Norman, top part rebuilt C15. Eroded S doorway, round-headed, in 2
square orders, with billet label and tympanum showing Adam and Eve. Small
round-headed windows to N and S, also lancet to S. Top stage has C15 2-light
windows to all sides. C20 short leaded spire. Traces of former N chapel.
C14 2-bay chancel: 3-light E window. S wall has C14 low-side window, plain
doorway and piscina recess, and 2 C15 4-centred windows. E wall retains plain
parapet. C15 4-bay nave: arcades both sides, large 4- centred W window and NE
rood/tower staircase. C15 N aisle: some windows restored C19. Cinquefoiled
piscina set into angle of rood stairs. C15 S aisle: again, some C19
restoration of windows. Cinquefoiled stoup to S wall. C15 S porch: square-
headed 2-light windows to each side, and pointed arch under square head.
Interior: C15 octagonal font with carved decoration including shields. Early
C15 floor brass to knight in nave. 1590 wall brass to Edmond Daye in S aisle
S wall. Remains of original roof to aisles, chancel roof possibly from a 1619
restoration.

Listing NGR: TL0513558466

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17533162

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Recommended Books

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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  County Durham (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England) by Elizabeth Williamson Nikolaus Pevsner(1983-03-11)
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  Sussex: East with Brighton and Hove (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)