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St Peter

Lower Compton

Wiltshire

Anglican parish church, probably C13, altered and extended 1859 and restored 1907 by C.E. Ponting

Architectural Features

C13 nave and chancel, 1859 gabled addition to north of nave with north porch, 1842 chancel north vestry

Nave has plain pointed windows to west and south, of 1859, chancel has small C13 pointed window to north and south and small C13 lancet to south wall right, all with crude hoodmoulds

C14 Decorated style 2-light east window

In north addition C13 bowl font on C19 base

Chancel has deep splayed window reveals. c1859 armorial glass in nave and north addition, c1884 chancel north and south windows, east window 1907 by Kempe & Tower

Screen, stalls, pulpit and organ of 1907

On gallery front hatchment of R. Smith of Blackland, died 1691. (A.E.W. Marsh, A history of the borough and town of Calne, 1903 273-5)

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