St. Peter at Gowts' Church, Lincoln

Heritage listing

Details LINCOLN SK97SE HIGH STREET 1941-1/2/180 (East side) 08/10/53 Church of St Peter at Gowts I Church. C11, C12, C13, C14. North aisle and porch 1852, by W A Nicholson. Chancel enlarged 1887 by C H Fowler. Coursed rubble and dressed stone, with ashlar dressings and slate roofs. PLAN: west tower, nave and chancel under continuous roof, 2 aisles, porch, organ chamber, vestry, south chapel. EXTERIOR: west tower, unbuttressed, 2 stages, has chamfered plinth, quoins, string course, eaves band, coped parapet and pyramidal roof. Round headed west doorway, C19, with relief in tympanum. Above, a round headed window, and above again, a clock and a similar window, both with hoodmoulds. South side has another window. Recessed bell stage has on each side double round headed openings with mid wall shafts and fluted capitals. Nave has coped gable and C19 turret-shaped chimney in south-east corner. South-east side has 3 restored 2-light pointed arched windows above the chapel. North aisle, 3 bays, has buttresses, chamfered plinth and eaves and coped gables. Decorated style windows, 2 and 3 lights, with hoodmoulds. Gabled north porch has matching doorway. South aisle, C13, 3 bays, has chamfered plinth and coped gables. South side has 3 buttresses. To left, a blocked doorway. To right, 2 Decorated windows, 4 and 3 lights, with hoodmoulds. North-east chapel and organ chamber, 2 storeys, has coped east gable with a stack and a timber framed west gable with a window with wooden mullions. North side has a pointed arched door flanked by a stone mullioned window and a Decorated 3-light window. East end has a 2-light pointed arched window on each floor. Vestry, C19, has parapet and a pointed arched north door. 2 and 3 light pointed arched windows throughout. Chancel has coped east gable, si

From the Historic England List Entry under OGL v3.