St Peter's Church, Twineham

Church in West Sussex, United Kingdom
50°57′56.7″N 0°13′2.6″W / 50.965750°N 0.217389°W / 50.965750; -0.217389OS grid referenceTQ 25272 19989LocationChurch Lane, Twineham, Haywards Heath, West Sussex, RH17 5NRCountryUnited KingdomDenominationChurch of EnglandWebsiteA church near you: St Peter'sHistoryStatusParish churchDedicationSaint PeterArchitectureFunctional statusActiveHeritage designationGrade I listed buildingDesignated28 October 1957StyleTudorYears built1516 (by local tradition)SpecificationsLength72 feet (21.9 m) (External)Width25 feet (7.6 m) (External)Floor area1,925 square feet (179 m2) (Footprint)MaterialsBrickBells5 (treble, second, third, fourth and tenor)Tenor bell weight6 long cwt 3 qr 22 lb (778 lb or 353 kg)AdministrationProvinceCanterburyDioceseChichesterArchdeaconryHorshamDeaneryHurstBeneficeAlbourne with Sayers Common and TwinehamParishAlbourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT)ClergyVicar(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

  1. ^ "About Us - St Peter". A Church Church Near You. The Archbishops’ Council (Church of England). Retrieved 23 March 2020.
  2. ^ "'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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ Historic England. "The Parish Church of St Peter (1284819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

Media related to St Peter's Church, Twineham at Wikimedia Commons

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