Nominal: 1078 Hz Weight: 625 lbs Diameter: 30.75" Bell 1 of 3
Founded by Edward II Seller 1727
Dove Bell ID: 62488 Tower ID: 24883 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Wintringham: St Peter
Diocese of York
CCT Church, 643044
http://https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-peter-wintringham.htmlOverview
Grid reference: SE 887 731
The church of St Peter, Wintringham has been in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust since it was vested in 2004. The origins of the building are Norman but what remains is mainly fifteenth and nineteenth century.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 450 m²
Exterior Description
The main body of the church is built of local calcareous sandstone.
The south wall has a pointed door with hoodmould and original strap hinges. The three fifteenth century windows have square frames containing two-lights with panel tracery and hoodmoulds. There is a chamfered eaves band with carved waterspouts. There is a plain parapet with carved heads and a blind clerestory.
The north wall repeats the south wall’s distribution.
The chancel has three bays separated by pilasters in the south wall. In the bay closer to the aisle there us a twelth century priest door with a hoodmould, while the other two bays have a two-light window each. The east wall has a fifteenth century window, Perpendicular in style, of three-light with tracery. The north wall only has one pilaster and a single fourteenth century two-light window.
The tower is square in shape, has a chamfered plinth, and is separated into four stages by roll-moulded string courses. The first two stages have a large Perpendicular three-light window with panel tracery on the west side. On the third stage there are slit windows in the west and north sides. The belfry stage has a louvred two-light window in each face. Diagonal buttresses lead to the crenelated parapet, with pinnacles and decorative shields. An octagonal spire tops the tower.
Interior
Interior Description
This church has a four-bay nave and aisles and a three-bay chancel. There are chapels on both sides of the easter bays of the aisles. The walls are whitewashed.
Double-chamfered arches dominate the church, possibly from the fourteenth century. The tower and the chancel arches die into the walls, and the arches on the aisles are continuous moulded, double-chamfered pointed arches on piers with tall bases.
There are Jacobean pews in the nave and aisles of the church. The aisle windows are all set within four-centred recesses, except for the south chapel where the recess has a round-headed arch.
Both chapels are enclosed by a beautiful oak screen that is of medieval design and are most likely from the fifteenth century. The south chapel has a trefoil-headed piscina in the south wall and a niche with a ribbed and crocketed canopy in the east wall. The north chapel has stone sculptures built into the wall, including three grotesque heads and a corbel.
The tower is in line with the nave and the chancel and is separated from the main church by a wooden screen, dated from 1723.
A screen from 1889 gives access to the chancel. There are doors both to the south and north walls, the one on the north side blocked and only visible from the inside. There is a double aumbry on the south side.
The roof on the nave and aisles has medieval parts but it was restored in 1887 by Oldrid Scott, according to a south wall plate, decorated with carvings of heads. On the north another plate gives an earlier date, 1685, again with the same carvings as the south .The arch-braced collar beams have collar and side purlins, while subsidiary rafters have straight braced collars. Some roof corbels are carved as heads or fleurons. The chancel hammer-beam roof with moulded ribs and traceried spandrels dates from the early twentieth century.
The floors in the main areas of the aisles and nave are covered in small quarry tiles, while the pews are set on platforms made of oak boarding set on solid base. The south chapel has tiled floor, with Victorian glazed tiles dating from 1892. The chancel floor is tiled, with the black and white tiles forming a chequered pattern.
Bells
Nominal: 980 Hz Weight: 786 lbs Diameter: 34.25" Bell 2 of 3
Founded by Edward II Seller 1726
Dove Bell ID: 62489 Tower ID: 24883 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 825 Hz Weight: 948 lbs Diameter: 36.88" Bell 3 of 3
Founded by Samuel I Smith 1709
Dove Bell ID: 62490 Tower ID: 24883 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 887 731
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.
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