St Peter's Church, Fugglestone, Wiltshire

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugglestone_St_Peter

"The small Church of England parish church dedicated to St Peter is mostly from the 13th century, with a bellcote and spirelet added probably in the 15th. It stands just beyond the northern boundary of the Wilton House estate, next to the A36 which is now a busy route into Salisbury from Wilton and the west. It has a three-bay nave in rubble stone (painted on the south side) and a narrower chancel in freestone. The brick south porch, also painted, is probably mid-19th century.

Inside there is a narrow south aisle, which possibly replaced an earlier wider aisle in the late 18th or early 19th century. The chancel arch may be from 1800 to 1830, and box pews are from the same period, with parts of the 17th-century pews reused against the walls. There was internal restoration in 1848, and the organ and east window are from the 1850s. The small west gallery, on cast iron columns, is also from that century.

In the sanctuary is a small 13th-century Purbeck marble coffin lid with an effigy. Two of the three bells were cast in 1628; they are said to be unringable. The church has no electricity, being lit by gas from Victorian fittings. The building was designated as Grade II* listed in 1951"

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fugglestone_St_Peter

https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1365906

https://wiltonparish.co.uk/the-churches-2/fugglestone/

https://history.wiltshire.gov.uk/community/getchurch.php?id=609

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On south side of A36, just east of the Salisbury Road roundabout, Wilton, Wiltshire

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