Church Of St Peter

REDCAR REDCAR LANE east side NZ 62 SW 5/83 Church of St. Peter 8.7.85 - II

Church 1822/28, by Ignatius Bonomi; 5th bay of nave, 1848; chancel, chapels and vestries, 1899/1929 by Moscrop. Restored and altered by R. Simms 1978. Dressed sandstone. Welsh slate roofs. Nave, aisled chancel, south and east vestries, west tower, and boiler-house on south side of tower. Gothick. 3-stage tower has angle buttresses with offsets, terminating in 4 embattled octagonal turrets rising above embattled parapet. Renewed glazed west door in chamfered 4-centred surround, under squared hoodmould. Similar surround to window in 2nd stage. Trefoil-headed 2-light bell openings with louvres, those in south and west faces altered; clock faces in north and west openings. 5-bay nave has plain plinth and offset buttresses rising to embattled parapet above string course. Western bays have windows above north and south doorways in chamfered surrounds, under squared hoodmoulds continued as sill strings. South doorway blocked; north doorway holds renewed glazed door. All openings have 4-centred heads. Windows have chamfered mullions and transoms, trefoil-headed upper lights, battered sills and renewed leaded glazing. Similar windows in west wall of nave. 2-bay chancel, slightly higher than nave, and flat-roofed aisles and vestries. Interior: 2-tier queenpost roof with moulded queenposts, arched braces and angle struts to lower, exposed parts of trusses. Panelled ceiling above lower collars. Panelled barrel roof in chancel has painted and gilded bosses. Chamfered, pointed chancel arch, similar flanking arches to chapels, and 2-bay chancel arcades. West gallery with painted panelled front. Reredos, 1939 by Leslie Moore, made by Thompson (Kilburn), has carved traceried heads and ornamental surrounds to 7 painted and gilded panels of saints, the Virgin and infant Christ. Flanked by linenfold panelling. Stained glass in east window by H. Grylls 1939. The church is of importance as a local landmark.

Listing NGR: NZ6085224978