St Peter, Monkhopton, Shropshire

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Location
(52°32′17″N, 2°33′10″W)
Site Location
Monkhopton
National Grid Reference
SO 626 935
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Shropshire now Shropshire
Diocese
medieval not confirmed now Hereford
Dedication
medieval not confirmed now St Peter
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Barbara Zeitler
Photographers
  • Barbara Zeitler
  • Ron Baxter
Visit Date
25 Jun 1999

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Feature Sets
Description

The village of Monkhopton is located about 4 miles south of Much Wenlock. A priest's doorway on the S side of the chancel may be 13thc or a 19thc copy (Newman and Pevsner, 2006)

The 12thc S doorway is decorated with sculpture, as is the interior of the S chancel window.

History

A chaplain is mentioned c.1180 (Eyton, 1854). The single-aisled church was extensively restored in 1835.

Features

Exterior Features

Doorways

Windows

Comments/Opinions

Both the doorway and the window were extensively restored in the 19thc (fieldworker and Historic England Listed Building 254742).

Bibliography

R. W. Eyton, Antiquities of Shropshire, vol. 4, London, 1854, 28-30. 

Historic England Listed Building: 254742 

J. Newman and N. Pevsner, The Buildings of England, Shropshire, New Haven and London, 2006, 408-409.