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Latitude: 53.3096 / 53°18'34"N
Longitude: -1.8309 / 1°49'51"W
OS Eastings: 411367
OS Northings: 379199
OS Grid: SK113791
Mapcode National: GBR HZN5.F9
Mapcode Global: WHCCR.V2BM
Plus Code: 9C5W8559+RM
Entry Name: Church of King Charles the Martyr
Listing Date: 21 April 1967
Last Amended: 9 August 1984
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1334854
English Heritage Legacy ID: 82302
ID on this website: 101334854
Location: Charles King and Martyr Parish Church, Peak Forest, High Peak, Derbyshire, SK17
County: Derbyshire
District: High Peak
Civil Parish: Peak Forest
Traditional County: Derbyshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Derbyshire
Church of England Parish: Peak Forest and Dove Holes
Church of England Diocese: Derby
Tagged with: Church building
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SK 17 NW
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PARISH OF PEAK FOREST
Church of King Charles the Martyr
(Formerly listed as Church of St Charles the Martyr, previously listed as Church of King Charles the Martyr)
21.4.1967
II
Church, 1876-77 by H Cockbain for the 7th Duke of Devonshire's Peak Forest estate, and replacing the C17 chapel which formerly stood on the site. Coursed squared rubble limestone with gritstone dressings, coped gables with moulded kneelers, graduated slate roof coverings. West tower, nave, north and south aisles and chancel. Tower of three stages, with stepped angle buttresses to first stage, two-light chamfer mullioned openings to second stage, and tall, two-light pointed arched openings beneath hoodmoulds, with carved stops to bell stage. Moulded stringcourses delineate tower stages. Embattled parapet with crocketed pinnacles. Doorway to south wall of tower with pointed arch beneath a hoodmould.
Five bay south aisle with stepped buttresses, three-light windows with pointed arches and panel tracery beneath hoodmoulds, a narrow doorway to the fourth bay with shallow arched head beneath a stepped hoodmould, and a fifth bay with a two-light window. North aisle of four bays. Aisle east windows of three-lights with panel tracery beneath hoodmoulds and with stepped buttresses to corners and junction with nave. Nave and chancel beneath single roofline and of seven bays in all, with tall five-light east window with dec. style tracery and with stepped string-course linking with cills of flanking aisle windows. Painted glass to east window of chancel. Five-light window with panel tracery to west gable of nave.
Interior not inspected.
Listing NGR: SK1136779199
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