Church Of St Peter

SIDDINGTON SIDDINGTON VILLAGE SP 00 SW 3/172 Church of St. Peter 26.11.58 GV II* Anglican church. Norman foundation, enlarged on north side c1470, restored 1864 by Henry Woodyer, including building of tower. Coursed and dressed stone on plinth with ashlar diagonal buttresses to south porch, stone slate roof with coped verges and saddle stones with cross finials. Nave with large south porch tower, chancel, long north aisle, and small north vestry of C19. Large tower of 1864 with broach spire with lucarnes, of 3 stages with string courses and stepped diagonal buttresses to south, on offset plinth. Single trefoil lancets on second stage and double louvred belfry openings on top stage with trefoil-panelled frieze below cornice. Stair tower in north west corner with narrow pointed arch doorway. Large pointed archway on south side with stepped moulding. Norman south doorway with cable moulding and beakheads and carved tympanum showing Christ in Majesty. Rainwater heads dated 1864 on south side, 3-light window to east of tower. Chancel has restored twin cusped lancets to north and south, and C19 triple stepped lancet east window with elaborately carved mouldings above capitals. The Langley Chapel of 1470 on north side has embattled parapet and stepped buttresses to corners and dividing 3 grouped trefoil lancet windows with straight heads, 7/5/5-lights from east to west. Interior: Nave roof of braced collar beams with king posts and struts and with braces carried on hammer posts and corbels, with 2 tiers of arched side wind bracing; Langley Chapel has moulded compartmented beam roof; chancel roof of braced collar beams, with ridge beam below and purlins all moulded. Norman chancel arch with chevron mouldings and pelleting on hoodmould. Pointed nave arcade of 4 bays with cylindrical columns. North wall of Langley Chapel has 3 small tomb recesses, 2 still with matrices on wall for brasses. Glass from east window of Chapel removed to Cirencester between 1792 and 1800. Access to Chapel from chancel through arch with concave mouldings and angel corbels with Langley Arms. Chancel mainly C19. Some C19 decorative stencilling in nave and on pulpit. Tall Norman font with herringbone patterns. (David Verey, The Buildings of England - Gloucestershire: The Cotswolds 1979; local information booklet).

Listing NGR: SP0347200186