St Peter, Clearwell
St Peter, Clearwell
St Peter’s on Church Street, Clearwell, in the Forest of Dean, is a Grade I French Gothic Revival church by John Middleton of Cheltenham, consecrated in 1866.
- Location
- Clearwell, Gloucestershire
- Country
- England
- County
- Gloucestershire
- City / town
- Clearwell
- Address
- Church Road, Clearwell, Gloucestershire, GL16 8LF
- Postcode
- GL16 8LF
- Built
- 1866
- Consecrated
- 5 April 1866
- Architect
- John Middleton
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Peter
- Diocese
- Gloucester
- Parish
- Mid-Wyedean Churches (St Peter, Clearwell)
- Grade
- I
- Style
- French Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Squared snecked rubble sandstone, Bath stone dressings, tiled roof
- Grid reference
- SO 571 079
- Opening hours
- Daily from 10am to 4pm.
- Access
- Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Accessible toilets in church
Overview
Caroline, Dowager Countess of Dunraven of Clearwell Court, commissioned Middleton after her return in 1855 to replace an earlier chapel of ease (rebuilt 1829 by G. V. Maddox), now the cemetery mortuary chapel. The 1866 church has a south-west tower with broach spire, four-bay clerestoried nave, aisles, and a two-bay chancel, in snecked rubble sandstone with Bath stone dressings. Interior piers mix Bath stone and blue Forest stone with red sandstone mouldings. John Roddis of Birmingham carved the reredos and pulpit; Hardman supplied glass. The Countess brought an organ from Adare. The parish is in the Diocese of Gloucester.