St Peter's Church, Twineham

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]

St Peter's, Twineham
St Peter's, seen from the south
50°57′56.7″N 0°13′2.6″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 m^2) (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
Parish	Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT)
Benefice	Albourne with Sayers Common and Twineham
Deanery	Hurst
Archdeaconry	Horsham
Diocese	Chichester
Province	Canterbury
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Interregnum

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]

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. Lewes: Sussex Archaeological Society. 59: 113 to 115.
4. Historic England. "The Parish Church of St Peter (1284819)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 27 November 2019.

External links

• A church near you: St Peter's
• Twineham War Memorials, including memorials in the church