Church Of St Peter is a Grade II listed building in the Sefton local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1966. Church. 1 related planning application.

Church Of St Peter

WRENN ID
ancient-gravel-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sefton
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1966
Type
Church
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Peter is a church built in 1746, with a chancel added in 1873 and a later vestry. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings, while the chancel is made of stone and has a slate roof. The church features a nave, west tower, chancel, north vestry, and south chapel. The three-bay nave has a stone base with roll moulding, a dentilled brick cornice, and eaves. It has rusticated quoins and coped gables topped with ball finials. The round-headed windows have apron panels, moulded sills, angle pilasters with Doric entablatures, and archivolts with keys. The windows are fitted with fixed small-paned glazing featuring intersecting heads. The south entrance is adorned with flat pilasters, an entablature with a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment displaying the date 1746. It has a timber-framed and half-glazed porch added in 1884.

The west tower includes a porch with angle pilasters and a Doric entablature. An inserted plastered drum features a west round-headed window and a south entrance, likely dating from 1830 when a gallery was added. The tower has quoins and a cornice, with a west round window. The top octagonal bell stage has round-headed louvred bell openings and a cupola with a ball finial. The west end of the nave has round-headed windows with round windows above. The chancel is angle buttressed and features a three-light east window with Geometrical tracery and an elaborate gable cross. The chapel has diagonal buttresses and a corbelled cornice, with a three-light east window and a gableted two-light south window. The vestry is similar in style, with a stack and a 20th-century extension that matches the nave.

Inside, the roof, added in 1900, features elaborate timber kingpost trusses. There is a west gallery supported by timber columns, with an entablature that has a dentilled cornice and original pews. A painted board records the church's enlargement in 1830, likely referring to the gallery. The chancel has a moulded arch without capitals and displays the royal arms from 1710. There is a two-bay arcade leading to the chapel, a stained glass east window, and a chest dated 1740.

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