Information for record number MWA1685:
Church of St Peter, Galley Common, Nuneaton and Bedworth

Summary The Church of St. Peter which was built during the Imperial period. It is situated at Galley Common, 100m south of Galley Gap.
What Is It?  
Type: Church, Building
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Nuneaton and Bedworth
District: Nuneaton and Bedworth, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 31 92
(Data represented on this map shows the current selected record as a single point, this is for illustrative purposes only and does not represent an accurate or complete representation of archaeological sites or features)
Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Listed Building (Grade: II)
Sites & Monuments Record
Picture(s) attached

  
Description

  
Source Number  

1 St Peter's Church of 1909.
2 Noted by Ordnance Survey.
3 Church in advanced state of disrepair, temporarily held at bay with external shoring, internal ties etc. Radical re-ordering may be required in order to save it at all. Not under faculty jurisdiction.
4 The entrance [to the churchyard] is opposite the south prch, with double oakgates dated to 1965. There is a very prominent 19th century table tomb on the south side of the Church to the Thornley family of Gilbertstone House. The oldest gravemarkers are no longer en situ but piled up against the walls of the modern extension. They appear to be late 17th and early 18th century in date. Though the architectural details visible from the outside are now mostly late perpendicular or decorated and date respectively to late 15th century and 19th century restorations (1847, 1887) the building has a long and complex history which might well record a careful study of the fabric
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Kelly's Directory of Warwickshire
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Note
Title: Galley Common Church of St Peter, Nuneaton and Bedworth
Author/originator: J Parkhouse
Date: 2002
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: OS Card, 20SE1
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1967
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 20SE1
   
Source No: 4
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Pastoral Measure Report: Bickenhill, St Peter
Author/originator: Joseph Elders
Date: 2001
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
Images:  
St. Peter's Church, Galley Common, Nuneaton
Copyright: Warwickshire County Council
Date: 1950s
Click here for larger image  
 
back to top

Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
designation Listed Building Buildings and structures, such as bridges, that are of architectural or historical importance are placed on a statutory list. These buildings are protected by planning and conservation acts that ensure that their special features of interest are considered before any alterations are made to them.

Depending on how important the buildings are they are classed as Grade I, Grade II* or Grade II. Grade I buildings are those of exceptional interest. Grade II* are particularly important buildings of more than special interest. Those listed as Grade II are those buildings that are regarded of special interest.
 		back
source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. back
period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
more -> 		back
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
more -> 		back
period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
more -> 		back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument TABLE TOMB * A type of tomb in the form of a slab raised on freestanding legs. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument WELL * A shaft or pit dug in the ground over a supply of spring-water. back
monument CHURCHYARD * An area of ground belonging to a church, often used as a burial ground. back
monument WALL * An enclosing structure composed of bricks, stones or similar materials, laid in courses. Use specific type where known. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

English Heritage National Monuments Record