Building record 0559500000 - ST PETER'S RC CHURCH, MARLOW

Summary

Nineteenth century Roman Catholic church, built in 1846 by Pugin.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1125081: ROMAN CHURCH OF ST PETERS (DBC4891)

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  • ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH (Built 1846, 19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Width 14m, Length 39m.
Plan Form - Irregular.
'St Peter's RC Chapel', 'Graveyard' at NGR (B1).
Erected 1844-6 at C R Scott-Murray's expense to A W N Pugin's designs in Gothic style (Illustration) (B2).
Pugin designed the church, stone screen, metalwork, glass, churchyard gates etc (B3).
Grade II. 1846 by A W Pugin. Flint with stone dressings. Unsymmetrical West front facing street with gabled end to nave and tower on North side, with broached stone spire. Contains famous relic said to be hand of St James the Apostle, possibly that of St Anastasius, martyred in C7. (Both these relics originally in Reading Abbey). Rood screen by G Myers and metal work and glass by Hardman (B4).

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC10167 Map: OS 1876 1:500 MAP.
  • <2>SBC3153 Bibliographic reference: COLVIN H M 1947 ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY OF MARLOW AN D ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD IN RECS.OFBUCKS15P15ANDPL9"".
  • <3>SBC11706 Bibliographic reference: Nikolaus Pevsner. 1960. The Buildings of England: Buckinghamshire. pp198-199.
  • <4>SBC3617 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1974. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p28.

Location

Grid reference SU 85207 86356 (point)
Civil Parish MARLOW, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: Site visit (EBC13572)

Record last edited

Oct 28 2024 11:28AM

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