St Peter's Church, Belgrave
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Denomination | Church of England |
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Dedication | St Peter |
Administration | |
Diocese | Leicester |
Archdeaconry | Leicester |
Parish | Belgrave, Leicestershire |
St Peter's Church is a church in Belgrave, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II* listed building.[1]
History
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The church consists of a chancel, nave, south porch, vestry, tower and north and south aisles. The tower used to have a spire but this was removed in 1824.[2] The chancel and arcades date from the 13th century. The chancel also has 13th century windows with spikes, quatrefoils and circles, as well as a 12th-century tomb slab, sedilia and Elizabethan tablet to Ambrose Belgrave (died 1571).[1] The south porch was built in 1826.[3][2]
The church was restored in 1857[4] and then again 3 years later by Ewan Christian. In 1861, W. Gillet restored the south aisle windows and George Gilbert Scott did some more work in 1877–78.[3][1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "PARISH CHURCH OF ST PETER, Non Civil Parish - 1074029 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk.
- ^ a b "Saint Peters Church is the oldest building within the Belgrave Hall Conservation Area, dating back to the 12th Century". www.bhcas.org. Archived from the original on 26 February 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ a b "Belgrave Church Leicester | Leicestershire & Rutland Church Journal". www.leicestershirechurches.co.uk. 13 November 2011. Archived from the original on 26 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ "Genuki: Belgrave, Leicestershire". www.genuki.org.uk. Archived from the original on 17 January 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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