Whitfield

St Peter

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St Peter, Whitfield
Image source: John Salmon

A picturesque church in the fields – not yet joined up to its village. In the west wall can be seen a double-splayed Saxon window which takes this church back to the 8th or 9th century. From the outside all looks pretty ordinary for a country church but on opening the door we find that in the 1970s the church was reordered so that the altar is in the north aisle! It may be unusual but it works well. The chancel is now a vestry. The original chancel arch was, unfortunately, taken down by Ewan Christian when he restored the church –it would have been a rare survivor indeed. His replacement arch, however, maintains the proportions of Saxon work.

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