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The Church of St Peter

A Grade II Listed Building in Minshull Vernon, Cheshire East

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.1309 / 53°7'51"N

Longitude: -2.4774 / 2°28'38"W

OS Eastings: 368153

OS Northings: 359412

OS Grid: SJ681594

Mapcode National: GBR 7V.6QR0

Mapcode Global: WH99Y.XKGM

Plus Code: 9C5V4GJF+92

Entry Name: The Church of St Peter

Listing Date: 20 December 1983

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1330057

English Heritage Legacy ID: 56631

ID on this website: 101330057

Location: St Peter's Church, Bradfield Green, Cheshire East, Cheshire, CW1

County: Cheshire East

Civil Parish: Minshull Vernon

Traditional County: Cheshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Cheshire

Church of England Parish: Leighton cum Minshull Vernon St Peter

Church of England Diocese: Chester

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival

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Description


SJ 65NE MINSHULL VERNON C.P. MIDDLEWICH ROAD

3/8 The Church of St.Peter

II

Parish church, 1847-49 by John Matthews. Rock faced masonry with
steep slate roof, a Commissioners' Church in Lancet style. 4 bay nave
with narrower less lofty chancel. Asymmetrical projections north and
south between nave and chancel are respectively the organ chamber and
a small vestry. Projecting moulded plinth, corner and inter-window
buttresses reducing at sill level, moulded sill band. Windows mainly
lancets, with hood moulds, generally paired but three with stained
glass to chancel gable. Gothic porch north at west end of nave has
entrance flanked by single shafts. Coved eaves cornice, coping to
gables and twin bell-cote with single bell. Modern vestry added to
nave gable of no interest.

Interior: Choir stalls, with poppyheads, flank the chancel and front
the organ. The nave benches are similar. Eagle lectern with
crocketted pinnacle base. Trefoil headed sedilia to chancel north
wall. Oak pulpit with stone base with access from the vestry.
Moulded sanctuary arch supported on three coupled shafts. Nave roof
has hammer beam arched trusses with curved braces above high collar,
exposed rafters and boarded soffits. The chancel roof is of braced
collared rafters. Oak framed war memorial with gilded crucifix.


Listing NGR: SJ6815359412


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, 30 October 2017.

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