Description

TL 36SW BOXWORTH HIGH STREET
(West Side)

9/1 Parish Church
31.8.62 of St Peter

GV II*

Parish church. C12 north wall, west wall and respond of south arcade to nave.
C14 south arcade and south aisle. Chancel, vestry and tower c.1640 rebuilt after
a storm; tower rebuilt 1811 and remodelled during 1868-9 restoration when north
and south proches were added. Walls of re-used limestone and pebble rubble.
Roofs of slate and lead. south elevation, tower of two stages with limestone
quoins and plinth, embattled parapet with corner pinnacles, similar embattled
parapet to nave, aisles and chancel. Four, fixed-light wooden dormer windows to
aisle roof; aisle with three square-headed clunch windows, one of four lights
C17, and two of three cinquefold-lights possibly C14. South doorway with two-
centred head and continuous moulding. Chancel with rendered walls and vestry in
angle with aisle. Re-used roll-moulded C12 limestone quoins to buttresses.
Interior. Nave arcade C14 of four bays; clunch piers with moulded caps and
chamfered bases with two, two-centred arches of two-chamfered orders. Chancel
arch similar to arcade but possibly rebuilt in C17. Nave and aisle roofs C17
with braced tie beams and pendants. Font, C13 octagonal bowl. Octagonal
pulpit with sides of two bolection moulded panels and inscription, 'WW 1682'.
C18 clock. Monuments and brasses (see R.C.H.M), include brass to J Killingworth,
Rector 1667; floor slab to Nicholas Saunderson F.R.S. Professor of Mathematics
1739; and monument by Payne of St. Ives to Robert Underwood 1792.
R.C.H.M. West Cambs. Mon. 1, p.28
Pevsner. Buildings of England p.308

Listing NGR: TL3483364491

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17550919

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cumbria: Cumberland, Westmorland and Furness (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Norfolk 1: Norwich and North-East: Norwich and North-east v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  For the Record