Weight: 336 lbs Diameter: 24" Bell 1 of 1
Founded by Charles Carr 1894
Dove Bell ID: 63325 Tower ID: 25274 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Burgh St Peter: St Mary
Overview
Grid reference: TM 493 937
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church open regularly Grade II* listed building Visitor parking nearby On a footpath, trail or cycle route Wheelchair accessible Local shop(s) or amenities nearby Staithe nearby
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Footprint of Church buildings: 233 m²
Exterior Description
Fabric mainly early C14 with C16 tower base and nave roof. Red brick and flint with limestone dressings. Thatched roofs, continuous over nave and chancel. West tower, nave, south porch, chancel. West tower constructed in a series of stepped square brick stages, probably c.1800, on an early C16 base of red brick and flint diaper work. Pointed openings at each stage on north and south sides, the bottom and top stage openings blind with rendered infill. Stepped buttresses, diagonally-set on west side. 3- light wooden west window with intersecting tracery. Fourth tower stage partly built or repaired in gault brick. Nave eaves line raised in red brick above flintwork; 2-light south-west window with Y tracery, much repaired. Red brick porch, probably contemporary with tower base, with plain arched doorway of stuccoed brick. South gable parapet with eaves oversailing courses and remains of finial. Plain nave doorway, C13 with double chamfered arch and reveal. Staged brick buttress east of porch. South wall of nave has two renewed 2-light windows with cusped Y tracery; short stone-dressed staged buttress between openings. South wall of chancel has 2 and 3 light renewed square headed windows, plain priest's door with hollow-chamfered arch and small high-level 2-light window with cusped Y tracery. East window of 3 lights with intersecting tracery. Parapeted east gable with stone kneelers and cross-finial. North wall has eaves line raised in red brick: 2-light Y tracery windows, much repaired. Shallow rood stair projection at junction of nave and chancel. Plain C13 doorway in north wall of nave; lancet at north- west corner of nave.
As listed on Historic England website
Interior
Interior Description
C15 nave roof with principal rafters arch- braced on to wall posts; pendant posts with carved bosses. Roll-moulded purlins, cornice and wall posts. Rood stair remains at north-east corner of nave. Irregular arched niche at south-east corner. C19 screen with central cross and figures on pedestals. Tower screen with high level 3-light intersecting window and traceried panels with texts. Stoup recess adjacent to south doorway. Chancel roof renewed. In the south chancel walla piscina with shelf and petalled bowl and triple sedilia with cusped heads and embattled cornice, C14, but heads may be restored. Font, C14: octagonal bowl with alternating panels of shields and roses on traceried grounds, head corbels supporting bowl and eight engaged shafts around stem. Some fragments of medieval glass in north-west chancel window.
As listed on Historic England website
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: TM 493 937
Burial and War Grave Information
The church/building is consecrated.
The churchyard has been used for burial.
The churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard has war graves.
Churchyard Structures
Gravestone
18th Century Listed by English Heritage.
Grave
WW2 WW2 grave maintained by the Commonwealth War Grave Commission.
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.
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.
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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