St Peter, Pitton, Wiltshire

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Location
(51°4′59″N, 1°41′50″W)
Site Location
Pitton
National Grid Reference
SU 213 316
Boundaries
pre-1974 traditional (England and Wales) Wiltshire now Wiltshire
Dedication
medieval St Peter now St Peter
Type of building/monument
Report authors
  • Allan Brodie
Visit Date
6 October 1995

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Description

This is a church that predominantly belongs to the 19thc. but in the east corner of the north aisle there is a reset 12thc. capital. The font also dates from the 12thc. The bottom of the south porch tower dates from the 13thc. and the chancel was also built in the 13thc. The west window of the nave dates from c. 1300.

History

Pitton is not a settlement recorded in the Domesday Book. In 1291 Pitton church was a prebend of the treasurer of Salisbury Cathedral.

Features

Furnishings

Fonts

Loose Sculpture

Comments/Opinions

Much of the church is 19thc., by Ewan Christian.

Bibliography

Historic England listing 1135702

N. Pevsner and B. Cherry, Buildings of England: Wiltshire. Harmondsworth 1975, 2nd ed, 370.

Royal Commission on the Historic Monuments of England Churches of South-East Wiltshire London: HMSO. 1987. 175-177