Latitude: 52.5657 / 52°33'56"N
Longitude: -0.8109 / 0°48'39"W
OS Eastings: 480695
OS Northings: 297090
OS Grid: SP806970
Mapcode National: GBR CST.5SW
Mapcode Global: WHFL0.JR2Y
Plus Code: 9C4XH58Q+7J
Entry Name: Church of St Peter
Listing Date: 7 December 1966
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1360671
English Heritage Legacy ID: 190976
Also known as: St Peter's Church, Horninghold
ID on this website: 101360671
Location: St Peter's Church, Horninghold, Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16
County: Leicestershire
District: Harborough
Civil Parish: Horninghold
Traditional County: Leicestershire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Leicestershire
Church of England Parish: Horninghold St Peter
Church of England Diocese: Leicester
Tagged with: Church building
HORNINGHOLD
SP 89 NW
3/73 Church of St. Peter
7.12.66
GV II*
Church. C12-C13, C15 and restored 1844, 1904 and 1936. Coursed rubble stone with stone dressings and ashlar spire, and leaded and Collyweston slate roofs. Stone coped gables. W tower with spire, nave, aisles, chancel and N porch. Late C13 W tower of 3 stages with diagonal buttresses, W doorway, 4 bell openings with Y tracery, and short broach spire. 1 tier of lucarnes with cusped lights and plate tracery. Foliage finial. Triple chamfered nave arch, chamfer continuing to ground. 3 bay N arcade with double chamfered arches on octagonal piers. Early C13 3 bay S arcade similar but with rounded arches. Perp clerestory with 3 2-light flat-topped windows either side. Perp 3 bay low-pitch tie-beam roof. N aisle has Perp 3-light NE window and 2 2-light flat-topped N windows. N porch with single chamfered archway. Double chamfered chancel arch, the inner on polygonal responds. Chancel has 3-light flat-topped window to N and S and similar 2-light to E. Whitewashed plastered ceiling. S aisle has similar 3-light windows and reset Norman S doorway. Palmette decoration in imposts and, on arch, 3 concentric tiers of chip-carved stars. Hood mould with billet moulding. C13 octagonal font with C18 cover. Some medieval bench ends, a few with poppy-heads. Knight Templar coffin slab, c1260, now on wall near W door. C18 communion rail with turned balusters. Outside on N aisle E wall are mounted 3 C18 slate wall monuments. Pevsner, V.C.H., Vol.V., and White's Leicestershire and Rutland, 1877.
Listing NGR: SP8069597090
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