Chapel In St Peter'S Churchyard

SJ 97 NW PRESTBURY C.P. THE VILLAGE (East Side)

6/219 Chapel in St.Peter's Churchyard

14/4/1967

GV II

Chapel: c.1150 but rebuilt and restored 1747 for Sir William Meredith. Ashlar buff sandstone with Kerridge stone-slate roof. Simple 2-bay nave and lower 1-bay chancel. West doorway is surviving C12 work. Pair of columns with scrolled capitals have 3 semi-circular arches with raised heads, zig zags and pellets respectively. Tympanum has figure of Christ in Majesty (now badly worn) above a pair of studded oak doors. Above the corbel table are 7 now defaced figures, said to represent the Trinity, St.Peter, Richard I and figures of church and state. A plaque in a rusticated surround records in Latin the restoration. "SACELLUM HOC ANTIQUISSIMUM UT PERHIBETUR HVIUS PAROCHIAE ORATORIUM VETUSTATE RUINOSUM UNA IAM PRIDEM PARTE COLLAPSA OMNI FERE ALTERA COLLAPASCENTE NE PRISCAE PIETATIS VENERABILE MONUMENTUM FUNDITUS CORRUERIT SUMPTIBUS SUIS RESTITUIT G.M.B. AD MDCCXLVII". There is an elliptical light in the gable. A simple plinth goes around the chapel and there are 2 round headed lights in the nave and one in the chancel. East window is a circular light. Interior: Windows are in slight embrasures. Rebated semi-circular chancel arch over 3 steps to raised chancel. Altar table in semi-circular headed recess. 3 further plaques in Latin in the chancel and one over nave door refer to the reconstruction.

Listing NGR: SJ9008676902