Hornsey: St Peter: Wightman Road
Overview
Grid reference: TQ 311 892
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with north and south aisles, chancel and north-east chapel, north-west turrets.
Description of Archaeology and History
James Brooks and Godsell, 1898: additions made 1905.
Exterior Description
The west front of the building is spanned by a single-storey screen which connects the two projecting corner towers. In the centre of the screen, under a single label moulding is a pair of two-light square headed windows; on either side of them is a large pointed doorway, the jambs haging small attached shafts and the inner mouldings having outsize billets. Both doorways are set under square heads with vesicas in the spandrels. The towers at each end of the screen are rectangular in section to the top of the nave walls, when they turn octagonal. The octagonal stales have ornamental stone quoins and small stepped buttresses to alternate faces. From within the top of each tower rises an octagonal shingled spirelet. Upon the north face of the north-west turret are toothings for an unexecuted porch. The towers frame a very large window, which is the principal feature of the west front. Under a very wide two centred arch the window is divided by three principal mullions which are externally buttressed. Each principal light so formed is subdivided, and the head of the window is filled with Perpendicular tracery.
The nave of the church is five bays in length, the bays being expressed externally by the wide four-light windows of the aisles, which alternate with single-stepped brick buttresses. The tracery of the north aisle windows is of the customary Perpendicular type, but that of the south aisle windows shows the introduction of curvilinear elements. The small clerestorey windows are of two lights with square heads, and are grouped in pairs to correspond with the bay divisions. The large chancel is a continuation of the nave and the division between them is only marked by a roof coping; the north aisle is also carried forward to the east end of the church, while on the south side is a transeptal projection housing the organ. The original design of the church, published in The Builder in 1896, shows that a similar projection was intended on the north side of the chancel. The east window of the church has two tiers of seven lights each with elaborate Perpendicular tracery.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
The glass in the south aisle windows is by Jones and Willis.
Stained Glass
The east window of the south aisle is notable for its strong colour.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior of the church is lower than was usual with Brooks' works. The nave has a five-sided timber roof with moulded purlins and large curved arch-braces, producing a similar effect to the wooden barrel roof habitually employed by this architect. The internal wall surfaces are all of red brick and the arches and nave, piers are of stone. Under the large window at the west end is a heavy segmental arch, opening into the baptistry; the arch is flanked by narrower arches with two-centred heads which are filled with screens of glass and wood. The nave arcades are of triple-moulded equilateral arches rising from octagonalpiers without interruptionby capitals or abaci. The spacious side-aisles have loan-to roofs with moulded principals and purlins.
The chancel arch, which rests on slender wall shafts, is so high up as to make only a token division between nave and chancel. A smaller arch with a similar four-centred profile divides the north aisle from the north cast chapel. The nave arcade is continued for two bays on the north side of the chancel, and for one bay on the south side. The arches here have heavy fleuron ornament super imposed on the band of moulding to give a richer effect. At the east end of the chancel, on the south wall is a small doorway to the vestry, and a fine large triple sedilia, with marble shafts, cusped arches, and a triple ogeeheaded label-moulding. A pair of similar though slightly smaller, sedilias are to be found at the east end of the north wall of the chancel.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
The marble bowl is octagonal and rests on a stem of the same size and section, which is of contrasting grey marble. The whole rests on a shallow rectangular plinth.
Organ (object)
Three manual organ, reconstructed, and perhaps built, by Norman and Ford.
Churchyard
Grid reference: TQ 311 892
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
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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 | N/A |
| Solar Thermal Panels | N/A |
| Biomass | N/A |
| Wind Turbine | N/A |
| Air Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | N/A |
| Ev Charging | N/A |
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.
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