Building record 2129/1/1 - St. Peter's Church, Cogenhoe

Church built in the 13th century with 14th and 15th century additions, restored in 1868 by C Buckeridge. Built of coursed squared limestone and ironstone, with a plain-tile roof to chancel, otherwise lead roofs. The church consists of a chancel, vestry, aisled nave, south porch and west tower.

{1}Church. C13 with older origins, C14 and C15. Restored 1868 by C. Buckeridge. Coursed squared limestone and ironstone, plain-tile roof to chancel, otherwise lead roofs. Chancel, vestry, aisled nave, south porch, west tower. 3-bay chancel of early C13 has stepped triple lancet east window of 1868 and paired lancets to north and south. Blocked priest's door below south-west window with Caernarvon-arched head. Vestry to north of 1868 built on foundations of medieval north chancel chapel; 2-light east window with plate tracery and chamfered door to north. Nave has 3-bay C15 clerestory of 2-light windows with straight heads and ogee-arched heads to lights, and plain stone-coped parapet with tall thin pinnacles to east angles. North aisle has 3-light window to north-east with straight head and Decorated tracery of 1868, 2-light window to north-west with Decorated tracery of similar date and 3-light window to west with Perpendicular tracery. Late C12 north doorway has round-arched head and thin chamfer. South aisle has C17 east window at high level with moulded stone mullion and jambs, and wood lintel. 2-light window to south-east with Reticulated tracery and hood mould with label stops, 2-light window to south-west with Decorated style tracery of 1868, and 2-light west window with Geometrical tracery of similar date. Scratch dial to bottom of left jamb of south-east window and blocked 1-light window to left at lower level with cusped ogee-arched head. Late C12 south door has single-stepped pointed arch and shafts with scalloped capitals. C15 south porch has double-chamfered doorway (outer chamfer continuous, polygonal responds innermost), small blocked 1-light window above and small ogee-arched 1-light windows to east and west sides. Tall 3-stage tower has hollow-chamfered and wave-moulded west door with 4-centred head, shields to spandrels and many-moulded rectangular surround. 3-light window above with 4-centred head and Perpendicular tracery. Middle stage has square window to west with cusped diagonal cross tracery and chamfered surround and 1-light window to south. High 2-light bell-chamber openings with transoms and deep hollow chamfer. Diagonal offset buttresses and battlemented parapet with corner pinnacles. Plain stone-coped parapets to porch and aisles. Doors, except blocked priest's door, all have hood moulds and hood moulds to windows except to square window in tower and some other minor 1-light windows. Interior: chancel has full-height blank arcading framing windows with triple shafts, simple moulded capitals, square moulded abaci and chamfered arches. Middle shafts have fillets and those framing east window have shaft rings. Double-chamfered arch to north-west to former chapel with moulded corbels innermost. Group of two aumbries to middle of north wall with pointed trefoil-headed niche above. Chancel arch has pairs of shafts framing hollow chamfer, moulded capitals to shafts flanking heads to top of chamfers, and double-chamfered arch. Nave has 3-bay arcades. Square limestone piers with attached shafts to angles and hollow chamfers to sides. Moulded capitals framing heads and shields. Piers of limestone and double-chamfered arches and responds of ironstone. Perpendicular-style roof with arch-braced ties, and wall-posts on carved stone head corbels. Tall double-chamfered tower arch with polygonal responds innermost with moulded capitals and brattishing. Stain-glass windows to chancel south of 1887 and later stain-glass east window. Monuments: cross-legged knight believed to be Nicholas de Cogenhoe d.1281.

{11} Survey includes architectural description, notes on church development and documentary research, as well as plans and photographs.

{12} The north and south nave doorways are of Romanesque origin;

{13} Undated photo;

{14} Drawings of effigies, font, needlework and shields, also notes.

{15} [Former list description] A. Church of St. Peter
Stone, chancel roof C.19 tile, reamining roofs lead. Nave and aisles have plain parapets with copings and base moulds, the nave parapet with finials on E. corners. The church consists of chancel, N. chapel (rebuilt 1869), nave with clerestory, aisles, S porch and W tower.
The S door is Transitional Norman, the rest of the church is mainly Early English with the exception of the clerestory and roof which is Perpendicular, the tower also Perpendicular and the S; porch which is probably Decorated with a Perpendicular parapet. The tower has 3 stages and is tall and tapering with battlemented parapet.
The chancel has arcading on its side walls and lancet windows. Nave arcades are of 3 bays, piers square on plan with engaged slender shafts on angles, moulded caps, shields with arms of de Cogenhoe family between caps on S arcade, carved heads on N arcade. The tub font is Transitional and in the S. aisle is a recumbent effigy said to be Sir Nicholas de Cogenhoe d. 1280, the founder of the present church.

{16} Photo dated September 1956;

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 2/60 (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F12 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Pevsner N.; Cherry B., 1973, The Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.152 (unchecked) (Series). SNN1320.

<4> Bridges J., 1791, The History and Antiquities of Northamptonshire, p.349-50 (unchecked) (Book). SNN77325.

<5> Flesher J., 1800?, Cogenhoe, (unchecked) (Illustration). SNN104782.

<6> Clarke G., 1850?, Cogenhoe Church, (unchecked) (Illustration). SNN104783.

<7> Salzman L.F.(ed), 1937, The Victoria History of the Counties of England: Northamptonshire, p.237-40 (unchecked) (Series). SNN100371.

<8> Glynne S., 1859, Church Notes of Sir Stephen Glynne, 40 p.26-27 (unchecked) (Manuscript). SNN39492.

<9> Wilson N., 2001, Archive Report, (unchecked) (SMR Report Form). SNN104775.

<10> Wilson N., 2001, St Peter's Church, Cogenhoe, Northamptonshire - Archaeological Test Pits And Watching Brief On Behal, (unchecked) (Report). SNN100845.

<11> Richmond H., 1988, Survey of Northamptonshire Parish Churches, (unchecked) (Unpublished Report). SNN1195.

<12> King's College, London, 2017, A corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, Site 904 (Website). SNN110894.

<13> Photographs of buildings in Cogenhoe and Whiston (Photographs). SNN112070.

<14> Dryden H.E.L., 1842-1895, Dryden Collection, DR/25/65/2, 3 (Archive). SNN115.

<15> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, DOE(HHR)Dististrict of Northampton Rural District, May 1961 (Report). SNN112993.

<16> Miss June Swann, 1960s- 70s, Miss June Swann Photographic Archive (Photographs). SNN116665.

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Jan 8 2025 2:50PM