Church Of St Peter, More

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• HER Number (PRN): 13661
• Site Name : Church Of St Peter, More
• Protected Status:

  Grade:	II*
  Ref No.:	1054594
  Title:	CHURCH OF ST PETER
  Type:	Listed Building

• Monument Type:
  • Parish Church (13th century)
  • War Memorial (20th century (inter-war))
  • Parish Church (17th century)
  • Parish Church (Mid 19th century)
• Civil Parish:
  • More , South Shropshire, Shropshire
• Grid Reference: SO 3430 9153
• Related Interventions:
  • 1997 WB on service trenches at St Peter's Church, More by Archaeological Investigations Ltd, ESA5096
• Related People:

  Forename	Surname	Role
  Robert	Haycock	Architect

• Brief Description: A 13th century/1640 parish church, which is protected by Grade II* Listing.
• Description: Parish church. C13 and 1640; rebuilt 1845 and extended 1871. Coursed rubble, slate to tower and chancel roofs, plain tiles to nave and north transept. Nave, chancel, west tower, long north transept and vestry. Massive squat tower probably early C13; paired lancet window in west wall and pointed doorway to south of 1845, above, narrow rectangular slit openings are original; the tower is capped by the ' double pyramidal top', characteristic of the area (cf Clun and Hopesay), and which probably dates to C17; roughcast belfry with 2 lines of wooden louvres surmounted by a pyramidal roof with weathercock. Long buttressed nave of 5 bays in the lancet style of 1845, all the windows have hoodmoulds except one smaller lancet at the west end of the north wall; continuous 2 bay chancel of same style and date; East window of 2 cusped lights with cinquefoil above, also contemporary is the vestry to the north. North transept of 1640, round-headed window on east side while that on west has a slightly more pointed head, the doorway in the east wall (under a late C19 stone porch) has a depressed 4 centred arch; the transept was extended by one bay to the north in 1871 (see the straight joint) and has lancets in the east and west walls, the north wall, however, has a window with debased Y-tracery, re-used from the old north wall. Interior. Mid C19 staircase with turned balusters on north side of tower leads to a west gallery supported on 2 cast-iron shafts; hammerbeam roofs to nave, chancel and southern part of transept (1845); steep pitched roof to northern extension of transept (1871); mid C19 box pews, reading desk and pulpit incorporate C17 woodwork; the tub-shaped font on a later pedestal is probably medieval but of indeterminate date; inlaid in the floor nearby are 2 portions of Roman tessellated pavement, said to have come from the villa at Linley, excavated in 1855. Mid C19 and early C20 stained glass; probably medieval parish chest and C19 texts in the tower. The only monuments of note are in the north transept (originally built above the burial vault of the More family in 1640 - see the marble tablet on the west wall); on the north wall a memorial to Harriott Mary More (died 1851) by Field of Loridon, she stands leaning on a pedestal with an urn, in the floor in front an engraved brass coat of arms; funeral hatchments (C18?) to the family on the east and west walls; also in the transept are 2 C17 oak presses which formerly contained the church library, presented by Richard More to the churchwardens in 1680. Buildings of England p203; Cranage, Vol. 5 pp420-1 <2>
  
  Watching brief undertaken at St Peters Church, More in conjunction with the excavation of service trenches through the churchyard in 1997. It was concluded that no evidence of earlier structures was encountered during this excavation. The human remains found by the disturbance of two burials of probable pre-18th century date were reinterred. <7>
  
  Photographed during aerial survey in 2010. <8>
  
  Photographs taken on 10th July 2015, including of roll of honour inside church. <9>
• Record Type: Building
• Sources:

  (00)	Card index: Shropshire County Council SMR. Site and Monuments Record (SMR) cards. SMR record cards. SMR Card for PRN SA 13661.
  (01)	List of Buildings: Ministry of Housing and Local Government. 1967-Oct. Revised Provisional List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Clun Rural District). Provisional List. P36.
  (02)	List of Buildings: Department of the Environment (DoE). 1984-Oct-22. 3rd List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest. Vol 370-0. List volume. p8.
  (03)	Monograph: Pevsner Nikolaus. 1958. Buildings of England (Shropshire). Buildings of England. P203.
  (04)	Monograph: Cranage D H S. 1901. An Architectural Account of the Churches of Shropshire Vol 5. Vol 5. P420-421.
  (05)	Monograph: Newman J & Pevsner N. 2006. Buildings of England: Shropshire. Buildings of England. P410.
  (06)	Photograph: Anon. 1975. More Church. Colour.
  (07)	Watching brief report: Hoverd T. 1997. St Peter's Church, More, Shropshire: an archaeological watching brief. Hereford Archaeology Series. 320.
  (08)	Oblique aerial photograph: Shropshire Council. 2010-Mar-7. SA1004_192 to SA1004_197 (6 photos) Flight: 10_SA_04. Colour. Digital.
  (09)	SMR comment: Haynes J B. 2014 onwards. Comments by J B Haynes, HER Compiler.

• Tags:
  • War Memorial
  • Parish Church
  • Parish Church
  • Parish Church
• Related Places:
  • More, South Shropshire, Shropshire (Civil Parish)
• For more information contact: Shropshire Council HER
• Date Last Edited: 13/03/2017 15:34:44