St Peter, Deene
St Peter, Deene
St Peter’s is a Grade II* former estate church at Deene, Northamptonshire, now redundant and in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.
- Location
- Deene, Northamptonshire
- Country
- England
- County
- Northamptonshire
- City / town
- Deene
- Address
- Deene, Northamptonshire, NN17 3EW
- Postcode
- NN17 3EW
- Built
- C13; chancel rebuilt 1868–69; furnishings 1890
- Architect
- T H Wyatt; G F Bodley
- Denomination
- Churches Conservation Trust
- Dedication
- Peter
- Diocese
- Peterborough
- Parish
- Weldon with Deene
- Grade
- II*
- Style
- Gothic and Gothic Revival
- Materials
- Squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar; lead and Collyweston slate roofs
- Grid reference
- SP 951 927
- Opening hours
- Open 10am to 5pm daily.
- Access
- Accessible toilets nearby. Level access to the main areas
Overview
Historic England dates the church to the thirteenth century, with restoration and a rebuilt chancel of 1868–69 by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt (also recorded as T. H. Wyatt) and further work of 1890 by G. F. Bodley. The fabric is squared coursed limestone and limestone ashlar, with lead and Collyweston slate roofs. The plan is an aisled nave, chancel, chapels, south transept, south porch and west tower with broach spire. The large five-light east window has mouchettes, a circle and cusping, with a small circular opening above.
Since the sixteenth century the church has served the Brudenell family of Deene Park, bought in 1514. In 1868 the widow of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade, commissioned the Victorian rebuild. The south chapel holds a tomb of the 7th Earl and his wife by J. E. Boehm. Earlier Brudenell monuments include recumbent alabaster effigies to Sir Robert Brudenell (died 1531). Bodley furnished and decorated the chancel in 1890 with stencil work; the east glass is by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, about 1868.