Church Heritage Record 643044

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Wintringham: St Peter

Name:

This is the church’s legal name as given by the Church Commissioners.

Wintringham: St Peter
Record Type:

A classification of the current status of the building

CCT Church
Church code:

This is a unique identification number supplied to each church building by the Church Commissioners.

643044
Diocese:

Name of diocese in which the church building is located at the time of entry.

York
Archdeaconry:

Name of archdeaconry in which the church building is located at the time of entry

York
Parish:

This is the legal name of the parish as given by the Church Commissioners.

Scampston with Wintringham

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Statutory Designation Information

Listed Building?

The decision to put a church building on the National Heritage List for England and assign it a listing grade is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is normally based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on the historic environment.

This is a Grade I Listed Building
View more information about this Listed Building on the National Heritage List for England web site
Scheduled Monument?

The decision to schedule a feature (building, monument, archaeological remains, etc.) located within the church building’s precinct or churchyard is made by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport. The decision is based on recommendations made by Historic England, the government’s adviser on cultural heritage.

There is no Scheduled Monument within the curtilage or precinct

National Park

National Parks are areas of countryside that include villages and towns, which are protected because of their beautiful countryside, wildlife and cultural heritage. In England, National Parks are designated by Natural England, the government’s advisor on the natural environment.

The church is not in a National Park

Conservation Area

Conservation areas are places of special architectural or historic interest where it is desirable to preserve and enhance the character and appearance of such areas. Conservation Areas are designated by the Local Council.

The church is in the following Conservation Area: Wintringham

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Heritage At Risk Status

On Heritage At Risk Register?

The Heritage at Risk programme is run and managed by Historic England, the government’s advisor on cultural heritage. It aims to protect and manage the historic environment, so that the number of ‘at risk’ historic places and sites across England are reduced.

This church is not on the Heritage at Risk Register
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Approximate Date

Approximate Date:

Selecting a single date for the construction of a church building can sometimes be very difficult as most CoE buildings have seen many phases of development over time. The CHR allows you to record a time period rather than a specific date.

The CHR records the time period for the building’s predominant fabric as opposed to the date of the earliest fabric or the church’s foundation date.

Medieval

Exterior Image

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Summary Description

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The church of St Peter, Wintringham has been in the care of The Churches Conservation Trust since it was vested in 2004. The origins of the building are Norman but what remains is mainly fifteenth and nineteenth century.

Visiting and Facilities

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The church is closed for worship.
Date closed for worship:
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Church Website

Church Website:

www.holytrinitylyonsdown.org.uk

http://https://www.visitchurches.org.uk/visit/church-listing/st-peter-wintringham.html

Sources and Further Information

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James Miles (2018) Closed Churches [Digital Archive/Data]
Church Buildings Council (2019) Church Bells 3 Bells [Archive/Index]
3 Bells

If you notice any errors with the below outlines of your connected churchyards, please email heritageonline@churchofengland.org with the corrections needed.

This could include information on new churchyards, edits to the boundaries shown, or different land characteristics. 

We are working on adding the consecrated land found within local authority cemeteries, and in time, this data will be shown on the map.

Grid Reference: SE 887 731

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Administrative Area

County:

The administrative area within which the church is located.

North Yorkshire County

Location and Setting

This field describes the setting of the church building, i.e. the surroundings in which the church building is experienced, and whether or not it makes a positive or negative contribution to the significance of the building.

St Peter's sits just outside the small village of Wintringham. The Yorkshire Wolds Way national trail and the Centenary Way run alongside the church bringing visitors to the church. The landscape surrounding the church is agricultural with areas of forests and fields. 

The churchyard has graves from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Church Plan

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Ground Plan Description and Dimensions

Ground Plan

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Dimensions

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Footprint of Church buildings (m2):

Small (<199m2)

Medium (200-599m2)

Large (600m-999m2)

Very Large (>1000m2)

450 m2

Description of Archaeology and History

This field aims to record the archaeological potential of the wider area around the building and churchyard, as well as the history of site.

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Exterior Description

This field aims to record a written description of the exterior of the church building and the churchyard.

 The main body of the church is built of local calcareous sandstone.

The south wall has a pointed door with hoodmould and original strap hinges. The  three fifteenth century windows have square frames containing two-lights with panel tracery and hoodmoulds. There is a chamfered eaves band with carved waterspouts. There is a plain parapet with carved heads and a blind clerestory.

The north wall repeats the south wall’s distribution.

The chancel has three bays separated by pilasters in the south wall. In the bay closer to the aisle there us a twelth century priest door with a hoodmould, while the other two bays have a two-light window each.  The east wall has a fifteenth century window, Perpendicular in style, of three-light with tracery. The north wall only has one pilaster and a single fourteenth century two-light window.

The tower is square in shape, has a chamfered plinth, and is separated into four stages by roll-moulded string courses. The first two stages have a large Perpendicular three-light window with panel tracery on the west side. On the third stage there are slit windows in the west and north sides. The belfry stage has a louvred two-light window in each face. Diagonal buttresses lead to the crenelated parapet, with pinnacles and decorative shields. An octagonal spire tops the tower.

Architects, Artists and Associated People/Organisations

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Who:
Ferrey & Mennim
Role:
Architect / Surveyor ICM55
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Building Fabric and Features

This field is an index of the building and its major components

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Building Materials

This field is an index of the building’s material composition

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Interior Image

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Interior Description

This field aims to record a written description of the interior of the church building.

This church has a four-bay nave and aisles and a three-bay chancel. There are chapels on both sides of the easter bays of the aisles. The walls are whitewashed.

Double-chamfered arches dominate the church, possibly from the fourteenth century. The tower and the chancel arches die into the walls, and the arches on the aisles are continuous moulded, double-chamfered pointed arches on piers with tall bases.

There are Jacobean pews in the nave and aisles of the church. The aisle windows are all set within four-centred recesses, except for the south chapel where the recess has a round-headed arch.

Both chapels are enclosed by a beautiful oak screen that is of medieval design and are most likely from the fifteenth century. The south chapel has a trefoil-headed piscina in the south wall and a niche with a ribbed and crocketed canopy in the east wall. The north chapel has stone sculptures built into the wall, including three grotesque heads and a corbel.

The tower is in line with the nave and the chancel and is separated from the main church by a wooden screen, dated from 1723.

A screen from 1889 gives access to the chancel. There are doors both to the south and north walls, the one on the north side blocked and only visible from the inside. There is a double aumbry on the south side.   

The roof on the nave and aisles has medieval parts but it was restored in 1887 by Oldrid Scott, according to a south wall plate, decorated with carvings of heads. On the north another plate gives an earlier date, 1685, again with the same carvings as the south .The arch-braced collar beams have collar and side purlins, while subsidiary rafters have straight braced collars. Some roof corbels are carved as heads or fleurons. The chancel hammer-beam roof with moulded ribs and traceried spandrels dates from the early twentieth century.

The floors in the main areas of the aisles and nave are covered in small quarry tiles, while the pews are set on platforms made of oak boarding set on solid base. The south chapel has tiled floor, with Victorian glazed tiles dating from 1892. The chancel floor is tiled, with the black and white tiles forming a chequered pattern.

Internal Fixtures and Fittings

This field is an index of the building’s internal, architectural components. This includes its internal spaces and those areas’ fixtures and fittings (building components which are securely fixed to the church or cathedral).

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Portable Furnishings and Artworks

This field is an index of the building’s movable, non-fixed furnishings and artworks.

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If you notice any errors with the below outlines of your connected churchyards, please email heritageonline@churchofengland.org with the corrections needed.

This could include information on new churchyards, edits to the boundaries shown, or different land characteristics. 

We are working on adding the consecrated land found within local authority cemeteries, and in time, this data will be shown on the map.

Grid Reference: SE 887 731

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Ecology

This field aims to record a description of the ecology of the churchyard and surrounding setting.

Bats use the church all year round, as a breeding roost in the summer and for hibernation in the winter. There are at least three species of bat present: Natterer's bats (maternity colony), brown long-eared bats and pipistrelles. The church was part of the Bats in Churches project 2019-2023.

Ecological Designations

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The everyday wildlife of burial grounds means much to those who visit and cherish them but many burial grounds are so rich in wildlife that they should be designated and specially protected. Few have the legal protection of a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) or, in the case of local authority owned cemeteries, Local Nature Reserve. This makes it even more important that they are cared for and protected by the people looking after them.

Many have a non-statutory designation as a recognition of their importance. These non-statutory designations have a variety of names in different regions including Local Wildlife Site, County Wildlife Site, Site of Importance for Nature Conservation or Site of Nature Conservation Importance (Local Wildlife Site is the most common name). Their selection is based on records of the most important, distinctive and threatened species and habitats within a national, regional and local context. This makes them some of our most valuable wildlife areas.

For example, many burial grounds which are designated as Local Wildlife Sites contain species-rich meadow, rich in wildflowers, native grasses and grassland fungi managed by only occasional mowing plus raking. When this is the case, many animals may be present too, insects, birds, amphibians, reptiles and mammals. This type of grassland was once widespread and has been almost entirely lost from the UK with approximately 3% remaining, so burial grounds with species-rich meadow managed in this way are extremely important for wildlife.

These designations should be considered when planning management or change.

If you think that this or any other burial ground should be designated please contact Caring for God’s Acre (info@cfga.org.uk) to discuss. Many eligible sites have not yet received a designation and can be surveyed and then submitted for consideration.

There are no SSSIs within the curtilage of this CCT Church.

There are no Local nature reserves within the curtilage of this CCT Church.

There are no Local Wildlife sites within the curtilage of this CCT Church.

Evidence of the Presence of Bats

This field aims to record any evidence of the presence of bats in the church building or churchyard.

The church has the following evidence of bats: droppings, urine staining, bat survey 2017, Bats in Churches project, National Bat Monitoring Programme

Burial and War Grave Information

This field records basic information about the presence of a churchyard and its use as a burial ground.

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It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial. Work in progress - can you help?
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It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial. Work in progress - can you help?
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The churchyard is not closed for burial.
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The churchyard does not have war graves.

National Heritage List for England Designations

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There are no Listed Buildings within the curtilage of this CCT Church.

There are no Scheduled Monuments within the curtilage of this CCT Church.

Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees

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Churchyards are home to fantastic trees, in particular ancient and veteran trees which can be the oldest indication of a sacred space and be features of extraordinary individuality. The UK holds a globally important population of ancient and veteran yew trees of which three-quarters are found in the churchyards of England and Wales.

There are more than 1,000 ancient and veteran yews aged at least 500 years in these churchyards.

To put this in context, the only other part of western Europe with a known significant yew population is Normandy in northern France, where more than 100 ancient or veteran churchyard yews have been recorded.

Burial grounds may contain veteran and ancient trees of other species such as sweet chestnut or small-leaved lime which, whilst maybe not so old as the yews, are still important for wildlife and may be home to many other species.

Specialist advice is needed when managing these wonderful trees. For more information or to seek advice please contact Caring for God’s Acre, The Ancient Yew Group and The Woodland Trust.

If you know of an ancient or veteran tree in a burial ground that is not listed here please contact Caring for God’s Acre.

There are currently no Ancient, Veteran or Notable trees connected to this CCT Church

Churchyard Structures

This field is an index of the churchyard’s components.

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Significance

Setting Significance Level:

Significance is the whole set of reasons why people value a church, whether as a place for worship and mission, as an historic building that is part of the national heritage, as a focus for the local community, as a familiar landmark or for any other reasons.

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Setting Significance Description:
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Fabric Significance Level:
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High
Fabric Significance Description:
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St Peter's is grade I listed.
Interior Significance Level:
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High
Interior Significance Description:
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The church contains a number of significant items, notably the fifteenth century chapel screens, Norman font, nineteenth century oak choir stalls, seventeenth century memorial board, Norman stone carvings in the north chapel, fourteenth century stained glass and Jacobean bench pews.
Community Significance Level:
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High
Community Significance Description:
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St Peter's has an active Friends group which cares for the church and the churchyard, raises funds and runs events. The group came together after a community bat count in summer 2022.

Church Renewables

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Solar PV Panels:

This information forms part of the Shrinking the Footprint project.

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Solar Thermal Panels:
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Bio Mass:
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No
Air Source Heat Pump:
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No
Ground Source Heat Pump:
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No
Wind Turbine:
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EV Car Charging:
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Species Summary

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All of the species listed below have been recorded in close proximity to the CCT Church . A few species which are particularly threatened and affected by disturbance may not be listed here because their exact location cannot be shared.

NOTE: Be aware that this dataset is growing, and the species totals may change once the National Biodiversity Network has added further records. Species may be present but not recorded and still await discovery.

CategoryTotal species recorded to date
TOTAL NUMBER OF SPECIES RECORDED 13
Total number of animal species 13
Total number of plant species 0
Total number of mammal species 0
Total number of birds 0
Total number of amphibian and reptile species 0
Total number of invertebrate species 14
Total number of fungi species 0
Total number of mosses and liverworts (bryophytes) 0
Total number of ferns 0
Total number of flowering plants 0
Total number of Gymnosperm and Ginkgo 0

Caring for God’s Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.

To learn more about all of the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.

‘Seek Advice’ Species

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If any of the following species have been seen close to the CCT Church, it is important to seek advice from an expert. You will need to know if they are present now, and to follow expert recommendations when planning works. All of these species have specific legal protection as a recognition of their rarity. All of them are rare or becoming increasingly endangered, so it is important to ensure that management and other works do not adversely affect them. In addition, there may be things you can do to help these special species. N.B. Swift and House Martin do not have specific legal protection but are included, as roof repair works often impact breeding swifts and house martins which is against the law.

This is not a complete list of protected species, there are many more, but these are ones that are more likely to be found. All wild birds, their nests and eggs are also protected by law, as are all bats and veteran trees. In a few cases, species are considered particularly prone to disturbance or destruction by people, so the exact location of where they were recorded is not publicly available but can be requested. These ‘blurred’ records are included here, and the accuracy is to 1km. This means that the species has been recorded in close proximity to the CCT Church, or a maximum of 1km away from it. As these ‘blurred’ species are quite mobile, there is a strong likelihood that they can occur close to the CCT Church. To learn about these special species, use the link provided for each species in the table below

One important species which is not included here is the Peregrine Falcon. This is protected and advice should be sought if peregrines are nesting on a church or cathedral. Peregrine records are ‘blurred’ to 10km, hence the decision not to include records here. Remember too that species not seriously threatened nationally may still be at risk in your region and be sensitive to works. You should check with local experts about this. You may also need to seek advice about invasive species, such as Japanese knotweed and aquatics colonising streams or pools, which can spread in churchyards.

N.B. If a species is not recorded this does not indicate absence. It is always good practice to survey.

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Caring for God’s Acre can help and support you in looking after the biodiversity present in this special place. If you know that any of these species occur close to the CCT Church and are not recorded here, please contact Caring for God’s Acre with details (info@cfga.org.uk).

To find out more about these and other species recorded against this CCT Church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas.

The church was the centre of many people’s lives and remains a guide to their cares and concerns. Glimpses into those lives have often come down to us in the stories we heard as children or old photographs discovered in tattered shoe boxes. Perhaps your ancestors even made it into local legend following some fantastic event? You can choose to share those memories with others and record them for future generations on this Forum.

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Jess GalleyAdded QI inspectionWed 20 Mar 2024 10:58:58
Jess GalleyCreated asset source linkWed 20 Mar 2024 10:58:58
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Ecology DescriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 16:34:43
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Evidence for the Presence of BatsFri 18 Aug 2023 16:29:28
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Significance descriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 16:28:43
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Interior DescriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 16:20:15
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Exterior DescriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 16:17:26
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Location and Setting DescriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 16:14:48
Rosemary RiddellModified asset data - Modified the Summary DescriptionFri 18 Aug 2023 14:58:10
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