St Peter's Church, Deene

St Peter's Church, Deene
St Peter's Church, Deene, from the southwest
St Peter's Church, Deene Location in Northamptonshire
Coordinates: 52°31′27″N 0°35′54″W / 52.5243°N 0.5984°W / 52.5243; -0.5984
OS grid reference	SP 951 927
Location	Deene, Northamptonshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	Churches Conservation Trust
History
Dedication	Saint Peter
Architecture
Functional status	Redundant
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	23 May 1967
Architect(s)	T. H. Wyatt, G. F. Bodley
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic, Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	13th century
Completed	1890
Specifications
Materials	Limestone, roofs in lead and Collyweston stone slate

St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Deene, Northamptonshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust and East Northamptonshire Council.

The church dates from the 13th century. Since the 16th century it has been the estate church of the Brudenell family, who bought Deene Park in 1514. In 1869 the widow of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan commissioned T. H. Wyatt to rebuild much of the church. The result of this has been described as "austere". In 1890 G. F. Bodley furnished and decorated the chancel in a "sumptuous" manner.

St Peter's is constructed in limestone with roofs covered partly in lead and partly in Collyweston stone slate. Its plan consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south chapels, a chancel, a south transept, a south porch, and a west tower. The tower is in three stages, with corner buttresses and a stair turret in the southwest corner. The lowest stage contains a west door, above which is a lancet window. In the middle stage are lancet windows on the north and west faces. The top stage has two-light bell openings on each side. Above these is a corbel table, and a plain parapet. On the tower is a broach spire with two tiers of lucarnes. The large east window of the chancel has five lights, and there is a circular opening above it. The transept has a three-light south window. Along the south aisle are three two- and three-light windows. The south chapel has a three-light east window, and in the west wall of the south aisle is a two-light window. Above the outer doorway of the porch is a plaque carved with cross keys. The porch is gabled with a finial. On the sides of the porch are two-light square-headed windows. Along the north aisle and north chapel are seven windows and a priest's door. The north aisle has a three-light east window. Along the clerestory are four square-headed windows.