Listed Buildings
in Stoke-on-Trent and area
Ruins of earlier church (Arches) in the grounds of
Minster Church of St. Peter Ad Vincula
Area
Stoke |
Street
Glebe Street |
Heritage No.
121 A |
Grade
II |
Date Listed
02 Oct 1951 |
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Building:
Ruins of earlier church
(Arches) in the grounds of St. Peter Ad Vincula |
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Location:
STOKE ON TRENT SJ8645 GLEBE
STREET |
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Description:
Late C12 fragments only, round headed arches and a few pier
bases. |
The material of the
old medieval church was scattered far and wide; many stones found
their way to Boothen Mill, where they were used to line the waterway
to the millpond. Following their discovery they were returned to the
church yard and erected by the architect
Charles Lynam in 1887 (1881?) as a reconstruction of the nave's
south arcade.
The pier base of
the earlier church can be seen through the arch
In the background
is the current St. Peter's Church
built in 1826-9.
Ruins of earlier church, reassembled by
Charles Lynam in c.1881.
2 moulded stone arches with polygonal responds and
cylindrical central shaft with flying buttresses infilled with
brick, and with tiled coping over.
Remains of another shaft further east, and stone
footings marking the site of the altar. The former church was
demolished, and the stones were subsequently rediscovered by
Charles Lynam, who re-erected them on their approximate original
site.
The railed area
in front of the arches is
the tomb of Josiah Wedgwood I
photos:
Steve Birks 2000
on St. Peters
summary of all listed
buildings in St. Peters grounds
  
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