Description

ST 58 NE PILNING AND SEVERN CROSS HANDS ROAD (north side)
BEACH

7/230 Church of St. Peter

G.V. II

Parish church. 1855 by H. Crisp, with late C20 south extension in same style.
Snecked rubble, stone dressings, plain tiled roof with raised coped verges.
Nave, chancel, west porch, north vestry. Early English style. West front has
large 3-light window with hood mould continuous over each light, gabled porch
with pointed arched opening and mask stops to hood mould, inner door in
chamfered surround, open bellcote with 2 bells, cross finial to porch and
bellcote, weathered angle buttresses. 5-bay nave has south west door with
smaller gabled porch, all windows lancets with continuous hood mould broken by
buttresses; plinth. North vestry (entered from chancel) has 2-light window
with trefoil head, hood mould, lion and mask gargoyles and east door with shaped
head; chancel. has 3-light east window each with trefoil head, continuous hood
mould and stops, cross finial. South extension has embattled flat roof.
Interior: 5-bay nave has arched-brace and collar roof, corbels to arched-braces,
moulded wall-plate and 2 rows of purlins; pointed segmental arched opening to
pulpit with 3 chamfered orders, high pointed arch to chancel has triple jamb-
shafts with moulded bases and ball capitals. Chancel has common rafter roof,
door to vestry with shaped head, piscina to north wall, 2-light window and door
to south, both leading to C20 extension. Fittings: contemporary pulpit, pews
and font, Norman font in nave with square bowl, lead lining and square pedestal,
probably removed from Church of St. Thomas, Northwick (q.v.) at time of
demolition. (Sources: Verey, D. : Buildings of England, Gloucestershire : The
Vale and The Forest of Dean. 1970).

Listing NGR: ST5576785064

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26430351

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Recommended Books

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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)