List entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST PETER
List entry Number: 1338653
Location
CHURCH OF ST PETER
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
| County |
District |
District Type |
Parish |
| Kent | Tunbridge Wells | District Authority | Southborough |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 27-Oct-1950
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 169307
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
SOUTHBOROUGH THE COMMON
(north west side)
2/28
Church of St Peter
27-10-50
- II
Originally small-scale brick structure seating 500 built in 1830 by Decimus
Burton for John Deacon for whom Burton was extending Mabledon Park. Yellow-
brick and sandstone. Extended 1883 by Ewan Christian, who added the unusual
west-work of town and spire flanked by 2-storey projections, (porches and stair-
cases). Clerestoried chancel, buttresses and geometrical tracery inserted into
Burton's wide lancets, also of this date. 5 bay nave. 2 pairs of quatrefoil
windows in each side of chancel clerestorey. West gallery. See Philip Miller,
Decimus Burton, 1800-81,Exhib Cat, Building Centre, London, 1981,29.
Listing NGR: TQ5755142784
Selected Sources
- Book Reference - Author: Philip Miller - Title: Decimus Burton 1800-81 Exhibition Catalogue - Date: 1981 - Page References: 29
National Grid Reference: TQ 57551 42784
Map
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