Description

SK 78 SE STURTON LE STEEPLE CHURCH STREET
(south side)

5/106 Church ot St Peter
and St Paul
1.2.67
G.V. II*

Parish church. C12, C13, C14, C15. Restored 1870 by Ewan
Christian. Burnt down 1901 and rebuilt by Hodgson Fowler, 1901-
02. Dressed stone, ashlar, snecked stone, coursed rubble,
coursed squared rubble. Graduated slate and lead roofs. Ashlar
dressings. West tower and tower chamber, nave, north and south
aisles, chancel, vestry, south chancel chapel, south porch. West
tower, 4 stages, mid C14 and C15, has deep moulded and chamfered
plinth. 3 string courses, eaves band, 8 gargoyles, crenellated
parapet, 12 crocketed pinnacles. To west, 2 corner buttresses, 3
setoffs, and intermediate buttress, single setoff. To east, 2
buttresses engaged with aisles, 3 setoffs. First stage has to
south 4 centred arched door and above, a trefoil headed lancet.
To west, a cusped head double lancet with Decorated tracery,
splayed mullions and chamfered and rebated reveal. Above, 2
stair lights and trefoil headed lancet. North side has a single
similar lancet. Second stage has on each side a C14 cusped head
double lancet. Third stage has a clock face to west and to
north. Fourth staqe has a C15 transomed triple lancet bell
opening with panel tracery on each side. Nave clerestory has 3
C19 cusped head triple lancets in square coved and rebated
reveals, on each side. North aisle and vestry, 6 bays, has
chamfered plinth and 2 corner and 5 intermediate buttresses, 2
setoffs with moulded plinths. Rainwater heads dated 1871. West
end has quatrefoil headed double lancet. North side has to east
2 C13 double lancets with quatrefoil heads. To west, 2 C14
cusped head double lancets. To west again, restored C12 round
headed doorway with chamfered imposts and hood mould. East end
has to left, double lancet with quatrefoil head and to right, C19
door with hood mould. South aisle incorporating south porch, 4
bays, has chamfered plinth, corner buttress to east and to west,
buttress, 2 setoffs. Rainwater heads dated 1871. East end has
string course and C14 style triple lancet with chamfered and
rebated reveal. To its right, half-round headed opening over
chancel south window. South side has to west, a double Decorated
lancet with cusped heads and chamfered and rebated opening. To
east, 2 C14 style triple lancets with cusped heads. West end has
a quatrefoil headed double lancet. Chancel, 2 bays, has coped
gable with cross. East end hasa pair of corner buttresses and a
single buttress, 2 setoffs. East end has re-set quintuple lancet
in C15 style with oqee reticulated tracery, filleted mullions and
hood mould. South side has to west restored early C15 triple
lancet with cusped ogee heads and filleted mullions, To east,
C14 style triple lancet with cusped heads and reticulated
tracery, chamfered and rebated reveal and hood mould. South
porch has 2 small buttresses, moulded pointed arched doorway with
hood mould, coped gable with gabled kneelers and cross.
Principal rafter roof with ashlar pieces and collars. South
doorway, C12, restored, has head with roll, keel and cove
mouldings, hood mould, coved square imposts. 2 pairs of
colonettes, the larger outer pair with restored round bases and
simple stiff leaf capitals. Tower arch, C13, triple chamfered
and rebated, with octagonal responds with octagonal caps. Tower
chamber has blocked shouldered doorway to west, and window with
stained glass, 1902, a replica of that of 1873 by Clayton and
Bell. 3 important monuments. Nave north arcade is a replica of
that of c.1200 with round piers and pseudo-pier to east with
moulded square bases. 2 round responds, that to west C14. Plain
and crocketed capitals. 2 round and single C14 arches, chamfered
and rebated, with hood moulds and mask stops. South arcade, C14
style, 3 bays, has 2 octagonal piers and pseudo-pier, half-
octagon responds, moulded octagonal bases and capitals, double
chamfered and rebated arches. Principal rafter roof with struts
and curved braces from corbels to tie beams. Arch braces to
principals, cusped wind braces and foliate bosses. North aisle
has lean-to roof with curved brackets from corbels. North west
window has stained glass 1901-02 by Newberry. South aisle
similar to north aisle. East end forms south chancel chapel.
East window and central south window have C20 stained glass.
Chancel has to north C13 arch to north aisle, containing 8
panelled traceried screen. To its right, round headed doorway
with hood mould and to right again, 4 centred arched doorway.
East end has moulded sill band, traceried panelled reredos and
stained glass 1925 by Kempe & Co. South side has priest's door
and 2 stained glass windows, one a replica by Drake, c.1901.
Panelled vaulted timber roof with moulded arch braces on corbels
and foliate bosses. Vestry has to south a chamfered and rebated
lancet with hood mould, c.1300. South chancel Foljambe chapel,
single bay, has 8 panel traceried timber screen in C13 style.
East end has stained glass by Heaton, Butler and Bayne,
reproducing that of 1875. South side has restored C14 cusped
head piscina. Fittings include C20 traceried panelled chancel
screen, 5 bays, with crenellated transom. Plain tub font with
chamfered rim on C20 chamfered round base and stem. Traceried
panelled pulpit on stone base. Brass eagle lectern. Moulded
panelled oak benches. Traceried panelled choir stalls and clergy
desks. Monuments include mutilated effigy with Lombardic
inscription to Olivia de Montbegon, c.1236. Baroque style wall
monument to Dame Frances Earle, c.1687. Moulded rectangular
ashlar base with brass inscription, life-size standing female
figure draped in Roman style, flanked by Corinthian columns
carrying entablature and segmental pediment. Large slate wall
monument, damaged by fire, with foliate brackets and cherub, and
remains of scrolled pediment, containing 2 scrolls in low relief.
To Arabella Hewett, d.1787. Signed 'John Platt Rotherham
Ft.1790'. Roll of Honour and 2 crosses, 1914-18. Brasses
c.1875, 1897, 2 C20. War memorial brass 1914-19.

Listing NGR: SK7879983871

This List entry has been amended to add the source for War Memorials Register. This source was not used in the compilation of this List entry but is added here as a guide for further reading, 17 August 2017.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Peter and St Paul's Church, Sturton-le-Steeple at Wikipedia
• Wikidata Q15979486

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