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Dove Bell ID: 60113 Tower ID: 23540 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
South Wimbledon: Holy Trinity & St Peter
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 255 705
This is a gothic church which is built of stone, with a slate roof, and wooden shingle spire. The main features of interest are the shaped slates, which are arranged in bands of different colour.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
The nave is of five bays and extends further west than the aisles which are four bays long: The chancel has an organ chamber on the north side and a chapel on the south.
Description of Archaeology and History
By John Johnson, 1863, the vestry extension added in 1893.
Exterior Description
This is a gothic church which is built of stone, with a slate roof, and wooden shingle spire. It is understood to date from the mid 19 century, (pre 1865). The main features of interest are the shaped slates, which are arranged in bands of different colour. The small shingle spire is another feature, as is the large gothic window on the west elevation. The building has been extended towards the main road in the 1970s, and this has diminished the appreciation of its character, though it has allowed for the slate roof to be carried down, matching the earlier roof.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The east window lets in little light because it faces out on to the wall of the hall which lies close to the east. It therefore appears darker than it should, for it is made in clear bright colours. It shows in each of the five main lights Gethsemane, The Mocking of Christ, The Deposition and Mary with the angel at the tomb and the Road to Emmaus.
Stained Glass
1909
At the east end of the south aisle in the chapel is a two light Annunciationdated 1909. The angel in dalmatic and jewelled cope with wings of peacock feathers appears in the left light. The background is well drawn in great detail with a vignette of Mary meeting Elizabeth in in the garden outside the window of the room in which the virgin sits.
Stained Glass
The circular light above the altar of this chapel has three angels bearing scrolls saying Holy, Holy, Holy, the Triangle of the Trintiy, and Alpha and Omega.
Stained Glass
1878
A window of 1878 in the south aisle further west shows the carrying of the Ark of the Covenant through the Red Sea. The subject, a little unusual, is vividly drawn.
Interior
Interior Description
The arch between chancel and nave is wide and has many orders of moulding supported on attached semi-cylindrical columns with simple capitals. The hood-moulding round the arch terminates in corbels carved as human heads at each end. Below the arch a low iron screen, little more than a cresting to the wall between nave and chancel, marks the division of space unobtrusively. There is a gate in the middle of this with very lively wrought iron work.
The aisles are divided from the nave by an arcade resting on fourfold piers which have moulded capitals and bases. The pier in the south-west corner is much stouter than the rest, and is circular in plan. Also it has foliated detail in the capital. This would seem to indicate that it was originally intended to build a tower here, since there is also an arch from this pillar across the aisle, separating the west bay from the others. At the other end of this aisle, an arch opens into the Lady Chapel which lies to the south of the chancel.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
Wooden table.
Reredos
The stone reredos is composed of five panels, the central showing the Epiphany in high relief and the other four having two Old Testament prophets and two New Testament Saints (Peter and Paul).
Font (object)
The font is square with canted corners and floriated details in the side panels. Each face has a quatrefoil with the four river names, Gihon, Euphrates, Tigris and Pison written on scrolls carried by angels. The stone upper part stands on a marble base.
Pulpit
The pulpit is merely a flat wall set at an angle with small side wings, the reading desk being supported on a small marble colonnette on a corbel carved with a passion-flower.
Rail
The communion rails are stock pattern brass pillars with wooden rails.
Lectern
The lectern is a wooden eagle on a turned wood pedestal.
Screen
The low screen between nave and chancel is one of the best fittings in the church.
Organ (object)
The organ was rebuilt in 1957 by Rushworth and Dreaper. It has three manuals and 35 speaking stops.
Screen
The stone screen at the east end of the north aisle which conceals the works of the organ has a door in the left part and four panels in the right. It is quite plain in the lower part, with simple tracery in the upper.
Lectern
There is a second lectern in the Lady Chapel, a brass design with curlicues.
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 255 705
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
Further information
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