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Ss Peter & Paul Church, Exton
Grade I listed.
The present church dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, although it was much restored in Victorian times. In fact the whole appearance makes it seem Victorian. The cause of the restoration was a hailstorm on 25th April 1843 when the spire was struck by lightning and masonry fell into the nave destroying the roof and the old gallery at the west end.
The vicar at the time, the Honourable and Reverend Leland Noel (a brother of the Earl of Gainsborough), immediately began the work of restoration and employed a young London architect, Richard Cromwell Carpenter (1812-55). Apparently he found much needed doing, not just as a result of the lightning strike. He would have liked to do a great deal but a dispute arose between the Vicar and the parish. Whatever the reason he was replaced in 1851 by well-known architect John Loughborough Pearson. Pearson had also worked on the tower and choir of Peterborough Cathedral.
Exton Church is particularly remarkable for its monuments.
Links are given below:
Memorial to John & Alice Harrington Link
Kelway Monument, Exton Link
Memorial to James & Lucy Harrington Link
Monument to Anne Bruce, Exton Link
Memorial to Sir Baptist Noel, Viscount Campden Link
Memorial to James Noel & brothers, Exton church Link
Memorial to Lieutenant General Bennett Noel Link
Monument to Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough Link
The present church dates from the 13th and 14th centuries, although it was much restored in Victorian times. In fact the whole appearance makes it seem Victorian. The cause of the restoration was a hailstorm on 25th April 1843 when the spire was struck by lightning and masonry fell into the nave destroying the roof and the old gallery at the west end.
The vicar at the time, the Honourable and Reverend Leland Noel (a brother of the Earl of Gainsborough), immediately began the work of restoration and employed a young London architect, Richard Cromwell Carpenter (1812-55). Apparently he found much needed doing, not just as a result of the lightning strike. He would have liked to do a great deal but a dispute arose between the Vicar and the parish. Whatever the reason he was replaced in 1851 by well-known architect John Loughborough Pearson. Pearson had also worked on the tower and choir of Peterborough Cathedral.
Exton Church is particularly remarkable for its monuments.
Links are given below:
Memorial to John & Alice Harrington Link
Kelway Monument, Exton Link
Memorial to James & Lucy Harrington Link
Monument to Anne Bruce, Exton Link
Memorial to Sir Baptist Noel, Viscount Campden Link
Memorial to James Noel & brothers, Exton church Link
Memorial to Lieutenant General Bennett Noel Link
Monument to Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough Link
Created: Wed, 29 Aug 2012, Updated: Mon, 15 Feb 2016
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