Building record 1213/3/1 - Church of St Lawrence

Church of St Lawrence,Peover Hall Park.S chapel of 1456;N chapel prob of 1648;tower of 1741.Nave of 1811.Ashlar walling with leaded roofs to N & S chapels.Brick with stone dressings & plain tile roof.Western tower, nave,N & S chapels.Interior:S chapel has alabaster effigies of Sir Randle & Lady Mainwaring.C19 panelled roof replacing truss roof.N chapel- wooden strap -work ceiling with pendants & sunken diamond-shaped panel to centre with coat of arms in relief.Marble sarcophagus of 1647 & 2 alabaster toomb slabs of 1593 & 1586-all of Mainwaring family.Nave-replacement of earlier body of church with undivided nave & chancel.Sarcophagus with praying effigies of John Mainwaring & wife 1410.N chapel of 1648 is one of earliest regular classical blgs in region.Full architectural description (1).Church was a parochial chapel of mother church of Rostherne.Church served as private chapel to hall.Little of medieval church survives reblg of 1811 (2).

<1> Department of the Environment, 1971-2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, /5/73 (Report). SCH1934.

<2> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 72/151-166 Cordingley R & Wood-Jones R 1962 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.

<3> Richards R, 1947, Old Cheshire Churches, Richards R 1947 /267-73 (Book). SCH2309.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1870-1982, Ordnance Survey Archaeological Record Card, SJ77SE1/1964 (Index). SCH2487.

<5> Pevsner N & Hubbard E, 1971, The Buildings of England: Cheshire (Book). SCH3078.