Church of St Peter Humshaugh, England

Listed Building Data

Church of St Peter has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1155919
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
15 April 1969
Name
CHURCH OF ST PETER
Location
CHURCH OF ST PETER
Parish
Humshaugh
District
Northumberland
Grid Reference
NY 91998 71378
Easting
391998.0000
Northing
571378.0000

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

HUMSHAUGH HUMSHAUGH VILLAGE NY 9171 and NY 9271 (South side)

12/253 and 13/253 Church of St. Peter 15.4.69 GV II

Parish Church, 1818 by H.H. Seward. Tooled ashlar; Lakeland slate roof. Broad 3-bay nave with west porch, north organ chamber and small sanctuary; Greek Revival proportions with minimal Gothic detail. Chamfered plinth, buttresses (set back at nave corners, and between bays on south) with moulded tops; moulded eaves cornice. West end shows 3 steps up to porch with panelled double doors in pointed arch; hollow-chamfered gable coping above; pointed lights in returns. Flanking pointed-arched windows. Circular window above. Bellcote, with tall pointed opening on gable; hollow-chamfered coping to gable and bellcote. South wall of nave has three 2-light windows with Y tracery; 2 similar windows on north and in projecting central organ chamber. East gable has cornice and cross- gabled turret with blind lancet.

Lower sanctuary has 3-light east window with intersecting tracery; and circular opening beneath gable with hollow-chamfered coping.

All windows in double-chamfered surrounds with hollow-chamfered hoodmoulds.

Interior: 4-centred chamfered sanctuary arch. Box pews at front and in side aisles. Some marble memorial tablets. Creed and pater boards. 2 hatchments (George III and Greenwich Hospital) over west door.

Listing NGR: NY9199871378