St Peter's Church, Waverton
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St Peter's Church, Waverton
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 St Peter's Church, Waverton
Location in Cheshire
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| Coordinates: 53°09′52″N 2°48′23″W / 53.1645°N 2.8065°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 462,633 |
| Location | Waverton, Cheshire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St Peter's Church, Waverton |
| History | |
| Dedication | St Peter |
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| Status | Parish church |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 1 March 1967 |
| Architect(s) | John Douglas |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1888 |
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| Materials |
Ashlar red sandstone Lakeland green slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Parish | Waverton with Aldford and Bruera |
| Deanery | Malpas |
| Archdeaconry | Chester |
| Diocese | Chester |
| Province | York |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Rev Jules Beauchamp |
| Laity | |
| Churchwarden(s) | Peter Williams, Joy Whibberley |
St Peter's Church is in the village of Waverton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St John, Aldford and St Mary, Bruera.
The earliest documentary evidence of a place of worship on the site is in a charter of confirmation dated 1093. Later references are in a will dated 1599 and in documents relating to the building of a north chapel in 1640 by John Tilston of Lower Huxley Hall. In the 19th century, restorations of the body of the church took place, one in 1845 and another in 1888 by John Douglas when the clerestory was rebuilt. The pyramidal roof was added to the tower in the late 19th century.
The church is built in ashlar Waverton red sandstone with a Lakeland green slate roof. The plan consists of a large west tower, a nave of three bays with a clerestory, a chancel of one bay, and north and south aisles. The tower is large and, in the opinion of Richards, disproportionate to the size of the church. It is in three stages with a four-light Perpendicular window dated 1888 on the west face. Above this are square openings with quatrefoils, a single string course, three-light bell openings and an embattled parapet. The pyramidal roof is recessed and shingled. The doorway on the west face is Tudor in style and it leads to a porch containing a weathered statue of the Virgin and Child between shields of the Dutton and Hatton families.
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