St. Peter, Everleigh, Wiltshire

Description

The church of St. Peter, erected in 1813, with a rectory house, at a cost of £14,000, is an edifice of Bath stone in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles containing 6 bells: there are monuments to the founder, Francis Dugdale Astley esq. and the late Sir John Dugdale and Lady Astley, Sir Francis Dugdale Astley, 2nd bart. and his wife: the east window was filled with stained glass, in 1873, by the late Sir John Dugdale Astley, in memory of his parents, Sir Francis D. and Lady Astley: the font of the original church, a work of the Transition period, remains: there are 200 sittings.

Church Records

The register dates from the year 1598.