St Peter's Church, Twineham
| St Peter's, Twineham | |
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 St Peter's, seen from the south | |
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| 50°57′56.7″N 0°13′2.6″W / 50.965750°N 0.217389°W | |
| OS grid reference | 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 |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade I listed building |
| Designated | 28 October 1957 |
| Style | Tudor |
| Years built | 1516 (by local tradition) |
| Specifications | |
| Length | 72 feet (21.9 m) (External) |
| Width | 25 feet (7.6 m) (External) |
| Floor area | 1,925 square feet (179 m2) (Footprint) |
| Materials | Brick |
| Bells | 5 (treble, second, third, fourth and tenor) |
| Tenor bell weight | 6 long cwt 3 qr 22 lb (778 lb or 353 kg) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Chichester |
| Archdeaconry | Horsham |
| Deanery | Hurst |
| Benefice | Albourne with Sayers Common and Twineham |
| Parish | Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT) |
| Clergy | |
| Vicar(s) | 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).[4]
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References[edit]
- ^ "About Us - St Peter". A Church Church Near You. The Archbishops’ Council (Church of England). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ "'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. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
- ^ Grayling, J. F. (1918). "Notes on St. Peter's Church, Twineham". Sussex Archaeological Collections. 59. Lewes: Sussex Archaeological Society: 113 to 115. doi:10.5284/1086140.
- ^ Historic England. "The Parish Church of St Peter (1284819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2019.
External links[edit]
Media related to St Peter's Church, Twineham at Wikimedia Commons
- A church near you: St Peter's
- Twineham War Memorials, including memorials in the church