Church of St Peter

SU 97 NE 4/1

SLOUGH CHALVEY Church Street (south side) Church of St Peter

29.9.50

II*

Church. 1860-1, by G.E. Street in a neo-Gothic style. Knapped flint with Bath stone dressings and red brick lacing courses. Tiled roofs with change of pitch over aisle. Nave, north aisle, north porch, chancel, and vestry. Angle and clasping buttresses, cill string to east, parapeted gable ends, and bellcote to west with two trefoil arched openings.

North aisle: four trefoil headed lancets to left; doorway to right with chamfered arch, moulded imposts, and two boarded doors. Gabled north porch with moulded arch and two C20 wrought iron gates.

Chancel; north side: trefoil headed window to left; lean-to vestry to right with two trefoil headed lights to east and segmental arched boarded door to north. South side: two two-light windows with Y-tracery.

East end: large quatrefoiled circular window in arched recess with two smaller quatrefoils flanking below.

Nave; south side: two-light window to left and 3-light window to right with trefoiled tracery.

West front: large four-light window with foiled plate tracery and hoodmould with carved stops. Two-trefoil headed lights in aisle to left.

Interior: four bay north aisle arcade with circular piers, foliated capitals and chamfered arches with nailhead decoration. Chamfered chancel arch with hoodmould and carved stops. Nook shafted east window with nailhead decoration. Fittings include; semi circular stone pulpit with foliated frieze, and arcaded square font. Glass by Kempe.

Listing NGR: SU9668479569