St Peter and St Paul's Church, Widmerpool

Heritage listing

Details WIDMERPOOL OLD HALL DRIVE SK 62 NW (north side) 6/143 Church of 1.12.65 St. Peter and St. Paul G.V. II* Parish church. C14, virtually rebuilt 1888-95. Ashlar. Plain tile and lead roofs. Single stack to north chancel. Coped gables with single ridge crosses to east nave, east chancel and north organ chamber. Buttressed and set on a moulded plinth. Tower, nave, aisles, south vestry and porch, north organ chamber and chancel. Single stage angle buttressed embattled C14 tower. Angles of embattlements with evidence of single former pinnacles. Single gargoyle to each side. West side with attached stair turret with single light. To the right is a C14 arched 3 light window with flowing tracery. Above are 2 rectangular lights. The north and south sides have single rectangular lights. 4 two light C14 bell chamber openings with mouchettes under flat arches. North aisle, with parapet to the single west/right slightly projecting bay, has in the north wall a single 2 light window with cusped tracery under a flat arch, to the left are 4 arched 2 light windows. In the clerestory are 4 pairs of quatrefoils. To the left is the projecting organ chamber, the north wall with 2 arched windows each consisting of 2 blind trefoil arches containing single shields surmounted by decorative bands and 2 arched lights with cusped tracery, hood mould and label stops. The sill band continues around the chancel. Over is a single decorative quatrefoil. The east wall has 2 tall trefoil arched lights. A single flight of steps lead down to a Caernarvon arched doorway with 2 similar lights to the left. The chancel, embattled to the north and south with decorative band extending under has in the north wall 2 arched 2 light windows with cusped tracery, there is a single gargoyle. Over the windows is a c

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.