| St Peter's Church | |
| Coordinates: | 51.2864°N -1.7172°W |
| Location: | Everleigh, Wiltshire, England |
| Designation1: | Grade II* listed building |
| Designation1 Date: | 27 May 1964 |
| Designation1 Number: | 1035994 |
St Peter's Church, in Everleigh, Wiltshire, England was built in 1813 by John Morlidge for F.D. Astley. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II* listed building, and is now a redundant church in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
Everleigh had a parish church by 1228, when it was granted to the Benedictine Wherwell Abbey in Hampshire.[1] The advowson was held by the abbey until the Dissolution of the Monasteries after which is passed to Thomas Wriothesley and his descendants.[1] The mediaeval parish church was demolished in 1814 and the present Church of England parish church of Saint Peter was consecrated on a site about 0.5miles north-west of it.[1] The present church was designed by the architect John Morlidge[1] in a Georgian Gothic Revival style for Sir Francis Dugdale Astley.[2] [3]
The church is built of Bath stone. It consists of a nave with the south porch attached, chancel with a south chapel, and a west tower.[1] The nave is 41feet by, while the chancel is long and wide.[4] The tower holds six bells cast by James Wells of Aldbourne.[1]
The interior contains the bowl of the Norman font from the old church, on a later base and shaft.[2] The bowl is decorated with scallop shaped decorations separated by inverted "V" shapes.[5] There are many memorials to the Astley family. There is a large gallery above the west end of the nave, which when it was built held a barrel organ. The organ was replaced by one in the vestry in 1879.[4]
The church was declared redundant on 18 April 1974, and was vested in the Trust on 22 October 1975. It is open to visitors every day; the key is held locally.
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