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Listed Building: Parish Church of St Peter, Church Lane (1087376)

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Grade II
Authority Historic England
Volume/Map/Item 950, 3, 2
Date assigned 03 February 1966
Date last amended 21 March 2022

Description

'SK 3547 3/2 CHURCH LANE (North Side) Parish Church of St Peter 3.2.66. GV II Church of England. 1824. Architect Mathew Habershon. (Designs exhibited at Royal Academy of 1824). Restored 1884. Of local grit stone from Hunger Hill Quarry. West tower , nave sanctuary and galleries. Commissioners plan now modified by use of part of nave as a chancel. Decorated style. The tall slender west tower has crenellated parapet with quatrefoil band below and angle buttresses rising to polygonal corner turrets. Ground floor forms porch entrance. Facade has five tall two stage windows with buttresses between each pair. Crenellated parapet. Interior. West, north and south galleries supported on cast iron columns. Gothick arch over sanctuary which contains wall tablets to members of Strutt family. Monument to George Brettle 1835 by Sir Richard Westmacott. The church is on the hillside and the tower forms a prominent landmark. Listing NGR: SK3508147674.'

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Sources (1)

  • Listed Building File: Historic England. 2011. The National Heritage List for England. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1087376?section=official-list-entry.

Map

Location

Grid reference SK 35081 47674 (point)
Map sheet SK34NE
Civil Parish BELPER, AMBER VALLEY, DERBYSHIRE

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Record last edited

Aug 21 2022 12:52AM

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