Church Of St Peter

CORELEY

SO67SW Church of St Peter 482-1/11/123 12/11/54

GV II*

Church. C13, altered 1757 and C19. Brick and moulded brick to chancel and nave on sandstone plinths. Coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar quoins to tower. Plain clay tiles to roofs, shingle to spire. PLAN: chancel, nave with south porch, tower. EXTERIOR: chancel and nave in Flemish bond C18 brick with brick string course and moulded brick cornice. Fenestration of stone cusped lancets set in C19 brick. 3-light cusped lancet east window. Coped brick gables to nave and chancel roofs of different heights. C19 brick porch. C13 tower with setback buttress to south-east, broad flat buttress to north-west. C13 lancet to west with reputed C13 reset glass. One lancet at both stages of south tower wall. Wood shingle spire on tiled base and lead squint flashes. INTERIOR: 4-bay nave roof with 2 purlins, king-post trusses with scalloped king post, principals and struts. 2-bay chancel roof with 2 purlins and C18 king-post truss with swept braces and principals. Brick chancel arch. Plain pulpit in Jacobean style. (Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Shropshire: Harmondsworth: 1958-: 113; An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire: Cranage D H S: 1895-).

Listing NGR: SO6131973994