St Peter's Church, Twineham Explained

St Peter's, Twineham
Osgraw:TQ 25272 19989
Location:Church Lane, Twineham, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5NR
Country:United Kingdom
Denomination:Church of England
Website:A church near you: St Peter's
Dedication:Saint Peter
Status:Parish church
Functional Status:Active
Heritage Designation:Grade I listed building
Designated Date:28 October 1957
Style:Tudor
Years Built:1516 (by local tradition)
Length:72feet (External)
Width:25feet (External)
Floor Area:1925square feet (Footprint)
Materials:Brick
Bells:5
Bells Hung:treble, second, third, fourth and tenor
Parish:Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT)
Benefice:Albourne with Sayers Common and Twineham
Deanery:Hurst
Archdeaconry:Horsham
Diocese:Chichester
Province:Canterbury
Vicar:Interregnum

St Peter's Church is the Church of England parish church of Twineham, a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. The church, with St Barthomew's in Albourne and Christ Church in Sayers Common, serves the modern ecclesiastical parish of Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT).[1]

The church is Tudor, probably dating from the early 16th century. According to local tradition it was built in 1516, early in the reign of Henry VIII and before the English Reformation. The church is built of brick, consisting of a chancel, nave, south porch, and west tower, with a shingled oak spire. The church was sympathetically restored in 1894, when an organ-chamber was added on the north side of the chancel.[2] [3]

The church is a Grade I listed building, included on the National Heritage List for England ‘for the rarity of small early C16 churches’ (List Entry Number 1284819, first listed 28 October 1957).

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Us - St Peter . A Church Church Near You . The Archbishops’ Council (Church of England) . 23 March 2020.
  2. Web site: 'Parishes: Twineham', in A History of the County of Sussex: Volume 7, the Rape of Lewes, ed. L F Salzman (London, 1940), pp. 186-191 . British History Online . The Institute of Historical Research, University of London . 23 March 2020.
  3. Grayling . J. F. . Notes on St. Peter's Church, Twineham . Sussex Archaeological Collections . 1918 . 59 . 113 to 115 . . Lewes . 10.5284/1086140 . free.