Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury

Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury
Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury
Old St Peter and St Paul's Church, Albury Location in Surrey
Coordinates: 51°13′12″N 0°28′44″W / 51.2200°N 0.4790°W / 51.2200; -0.4790
OS grid reference	TQ 063 479
Location	Albury Park, Surrey
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	14 June 1967
Architect(s)	A. W. N. Pugin (mortuary chapel)
Architectural type	Church
Style	Saxon, Gothic
Specifications
Materials	Ironstone and sandstone rubble

Old St Peter and St Paul's Church is a redundant Anglican church near the village of Albury, Surrey, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands in Albury Park, to the northwest of Albury Hall, and between the villages of Albury and Shere.

The nave of the church may date from the Saxon era but has been considerably altered from the 14th century onward. The tower, of which the lower parts contain pre-Conquest masonry, may stand on the site of an earlier chancel, but was extended outwards and upwards in the 12th century. During the following century the chancel and south transept were added. The south aisle was added in the 14th century, and the north porch in the early 16th century.

In 1819 the Albury Park estate was bought by Henry Drummond, a London banker. During the following year the spire on the tower was replaced by a cupola (a small dome). Drummond became involved with the foundation of the Catholic Apostolic Church in the 1830s, and built a church for this religious movement on his estate. The residents of Albury village had been coming to worship at their parish church in the estate, and Drummond proposed to close this church and to build a new Anglican church nearer the centre of the village. Building of both the new churches began in 1839. Drummond then commissioned A. W. N. Pugin to convert the south transept of the old church into a mortuary chapel.