Church of St Peter and St Paul (Church of England), Little Gaddesden

Heritage listing

Details LITTLE GADDESDEN CHURCH ROAD SP 9913 (North side) 9/179 Church of St. Peter 30.11.66 and St. Paul (C of E) (Formerly listed as Church of St Peter and St Paul) - I Parish Church. Chancel, nave, N aisle and tower C15, SE chapel, S aisle and S porch c.1819 by Jeffry Wyatt for 7th Earl of Bridgewater. General restoration by E.W. Godwin for Lord Brownlow 1875-78 when chancel extended a little to E, N chancel aisle rebuilt, S nave arcade replaced a single wooden arch c.1810 by James Wyatt, doorways formed to E ends of aisles flanking new chancel arch. Vestries linked to N door 1965-7 by John Brandon Jones. Coursed flint rubble with limestone dressings in C15 work, red brick parapet and buttresses to N aisle. Stucco with Portland stone dressings and cantellated parapets in Wyatt's work. Uncoursed knapped flint with limestone dressings in 1875-8 work. Slate roofs behind parapets. Blunt pyramidal roof to tower. A small isolated parish church with chancel flanked by N chancel aisle and SE chapel, the chancel protruding and with 4 diagonal E end buttresses. Nave without clerestorey but with N and S aisles and gable parapeted S porch, and short square W tower with W door. Diagonal buttresses at W angles. Single-storey linked vestry block of brick and flint with hipped slate roof. Chancel at same floor level as nave has a 3-light C15 S window unglazed opening with SE chapel, a similar blocked window and a 4-centred arched S doorway between. Scrolled stone corbels formerly supported a lower roof than the late C19 3-bay copy of the nave roof. 2-bay N arcade with octagonal column and responds and hollow chamfered arches. 3 coloured marble steps to altar and 3 light E window to Durer design by Burlinson and Grylls. Fresco on wall 1896 after Gozzolli in chapel of Palazzo Riccardi

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.