St Peter, Adderley
St Peter, Adderley
St Peter's is a Grade I church on Adderley Road, Adderley, Shropshire. Historic England records a north (Kilmorey) chapel of 1635–37, a west tower of 1712–13, and the remainder rebuilt in 1801 by Richard Baker. The nave and tower remain an active parish church in the Diocese of Lichfield; the chancel and transepts are in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
- Location
- Adderley, Shropshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Shropshire
- City / town
- Adderley
- Address
- Adderley Road, Adderley, Shropshire, TF9 3TD
- Postcode
- TF9 3TD
- Built
- Kilmorey chapel 1635–37; west tower 1712–13; rest rebuilt 1801
- Architect
- Richard Baker
- Denomination
- Churches Conservation Trust
- Dedication
- Peter
- Diocese
- Lichfield
- Parish
- Adderley
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Gothic and Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Yellow-grey sandstone ashlar, some red sandstone in the tower; slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SJ 661 395
- Opening hours
- Open by arrangement.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
The listing describes yellow-grey sandstone ashlar, with some red sandstone in the tower, under slate roofs. The plan is cruciform: a three-bay nave, one-bay transepts and chancel, and west tower. The two-stage tower has giant Doric corner pilasters, a moulded cornice and parapet, and louvred chamfered Gothic belfry openings with Y-tracery. Nave, chancel and south transept have cast-iron three-light Gothic windows with panelled tracery. The north chapel has a battlemented parapet with crocketed finials and a four-centred north window of three cinquefoil-headed lights.
Interior fittings include a twelfth-century stone font with a cushion-capital bowl and a Latin inscription, late seventeenth-century fluted altar rails, benches and a hexagonal pulpit of about 1801, and a c.1637 Kilmorey chapel screen with strapwork and Tuscan colonnettes. Monuments include work by John Carline and Son and by Bacon junior and S. Manning. Wikipedia notes that the church was divided about 1970 so that worship could continue in the nave while the remainder passed to the Trust.