Building record 4102/1/1 - Church of St. Peter

Church. Rebuilt 1788 by John Wing. Limestone and ironstone ashlar with lead roof. T-shape plan comprising nave, chancel with transepts and west tower in Gothick style.

{1} Church. Rebuilt 1788 by John Wing. Limestone and ironstone ashlar with lead roof. T-shape plan comprising nave, chancel with transepts and west tower in Gothick style. South chancel transept has 4-light south window with trefoils and quatrefoil. Shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapet and quatrefoil frieze. East elevation has central 4-light windows with quatrefoils and trefoils and 2 flanking 3-light windows with quatrefoil, trefoil and lozenges. Centre bay breaks forward slightly with a shal ow gabled roof. Ashlar parapet with quatrefoil frieze. North chancel transept is similar to the south. Six-panel Gothic style door in west return wall has moulded stone surround and arch head. Tablet above has inscription "This church rebuilt was finished A.D. 1788". South elevation of nave of 3-window range of 3-light windows with quatrefoils. 2 stage buttresses between windows. Shallow gabled roof with ashlar parapet and quatrefoil frieze. North elevation of nave is similar to south. West tower of 4 stages with 4-stage angle buttresses to corners. Gothick style west door with pointed arch head and moulded stone surround. Cusped lunettes to north and south face of first stage. 2-light north, south and west windows in second stage. Cusped roundels in third stage and 2-light bell-chamber openings to each face of fourth stage. Quatrefoil frieze with plain parapet above having short pinnacles at mid point and tall pinnacles at corners. Interior: pointed and moulded chancel arch has fluted capitals. Similar arches to chancel transepts and blank tower arch with pointed arch door opening with Gothick style doors. Small roundel above. Plastered ceiling is supported on trusses with exposed tie beams with open quatrefoils in the spandrels. C18 box pews and two-decker pulpit. C18 communion rail with attenuated balusters. Monuments: south transept: south wall, Sir Geoffry Palmer died 1673 and Lady Palmer; 2 upright shrouded alabaster figures in a black marble arched reredos with open doors with segmental pediment and armorial device over. Inscription on open doors; attributed to Joshua Marshall. Geoffry Palmer died 1661, south east corner, black inscribed tablet with segmental pediment and flaming urn. Sir Thomas Palmer and wife, C18 tablet on south wall surmounted by flaming urn. Geoffrey Palmer, died 1720 and wife, marble tablet on east wall with pilasters, urns and armorial device. Geoffry Palmer, black inscribed tablet to left with armorial device flanked by skulls. Charlotte Palmer, west wall, tablet with urn drapes and angel above. Sir John Palmer died 1817 and wife, tablet with draped urn above. Various other C19 and C20 tablets to Palmer family. Inscribed floor tablets; earliest is 1583 to Jeffrey Palmer. C17 and C18 tablets to south and east wall of chancel. 6 hatchments in south transept. C18 armorial glass in east window of south transept. C19 stained glass east window, south window of south transept and 2 south windows of nave. Gothic style font.

{5} Carlton. "The church dedicated to St Peter, consists of a body, north and south ile and chancel… A tower at the west end, on which is erected a spire". The church which is mentioned in documents of 1254 {5c} and 1535 {5b} was originally a chapel subject to Cottingham Church {5c}. The first incumbent listed occurs in 1230.

{9} Standing building; medieval church of St Peter at East Carlton

{10} Undated photo;

{14} The church is dedicated to St Peter, and there is no known authority for the ascription to St Mary on OS maps. The present church was built in 1788 on the site of the Medieval church. No part of the ancient fabric survives other than memorials.

{15} The church is in use for public worship. Above the entrance in the west wall of the north vestry is a plague inscribed: `This church rebuilt was finished AD 1788'. See GP AO/59/177/1 - Church from the south-east.

{17} A church at Carlton is shown in the approx. area of the present St Mary's Church [SP 83138933].

{20} The present church was built in 1788 but possibly some medieval glass was retained from the earlier church. There is a medieval head in the south chapel, also some heraldic glass, one panel of which is dated 1659.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 14/41 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> 1992, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), K06 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN46686.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.496 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1985, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77383.

<5c> Cart. Antiq. 1.Ric.I N.3 Litt.EE (Manuscript). SNN113012.

<5a> Cotton MS Nero D X (Manuscript). SNN113010.

<5b> Rot. in Offic. Primit, n.13 (Manuscript). SNN113011.

<5> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.292-95 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77326.

<6> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1984, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, (unchecked) (Series). SNN77384.

<7> The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Series). SNN10247.

<8> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

<9> Baker G., 1822-36, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, (unchecked) (Book). SNN10400.

<10> Photographs of buildings in East Carlton (Photographs). SNN111761.

<11> Bloxham M.H., 1878, On The Medieval Sepulchral Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.257 (unchecked) (Journal). SNN107097.

<12> Bailey, B, Pevsner, N, and Cherry, B, 2013, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p. 243-4 (Book). SNN111989.

<13> Eyre T. (Revised by Jefferys T.), 1779, Map of the County of Northamptonshire (Map). SNN1852.

<14> Woodhouse, W C, 1959, Field investigators comments (Notes). SNN113006.

<15> ORAL REPORT, Oral: Rev FG Adams Rector, East Carlton (Oral Report). SNN53287.

<16> Ordnance Survey Map (Scale/date), OS 6" 1923-50 (Map). SNN112944.

<17> Chapman, David John, 1959, Field investigators comments, Recorder DJC 12-AUG-1959 (Notes). SNN113013.

<18> Historic England, Undated, St Peter's Church, East Carlton, BF055023 (Archive). SNN113014.

<19> Richmond H., 1988, Survey of Northamptonshire Parish Churches (Unpublished Report). SNN1195.

<20> Marks R., 1998, Stained Glass Of Northamptonshire, p. 59 (Book). SNN101533.

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