Church Of St Peter

SOUTHWARK

TQ3473SW LORDSHIP LANE 636-1/70/493 (South West side) 22/02/85 Church of St Peter

GV II

Church. 1873-75 and 1885. By Charles Barry Jnr. Tower completed 1885 when the west part of the nave was begun. Recently restored. MATERIALS: Kentish ragstone with ashlar dressings and steeply pitched slated roofs; lavish polychrome interior. STYLE: Geometric Gothic. PLAN: 6-bay nave, aisles with lean-to roofs, apsed chancel. Tower to north east. Geometrical Gothic style. EXTERIOR: gabled entrance in west end of north elevation. Windows are mainly cusped lancets, in triplets to aisles, single to apse with trefoils above, the central one larger; pairs of leaded windows to clerestory. Large traceried west window with stained glass, c1891. Tall buttressed tower with slender slated broach spire has blind arcading above gabled entrance on north face; groups of 3 tall louvred bell openings to each face beneath spire. INTERIOR: has marble columns to nave arcades, coloured brickwork and terracotta diapering. Open timber roof with some painting, especially to chancel. Choir vestry and organ chamber (to right of chancel) now a private chapel (organ relocated to west end). Pews recently dismantled and interior now open-plan. Floor rebuilt in concrete with steps up from lower nave to aisles. FITTINGS: Victorian fittings include metal light brackets, pulpit, font, reredos.

Listing NGR: TQ3443073273