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.

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon at Wikipedia
• St Peter's Church, Minshull Vernon official website
• Wikidata Q7595265

External links are from the relevant listing authority and, where applicable, Wikidata. Wikidata IDs may be related buildings as well as this specific building. If you want to add or update a link, you will need to do so by editing the Wikidata entry.

Recommended Books

• 
  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
• 
  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
• 
  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)