St Peter's Church, Kirkbampton

St Peter's Church, Kirkbampton
St Peter's Church, Kirkbampton, from the north
St Peter's Church, Kirkbampton Location in Cumbria
Coordinates: 54°53′53″N 3°05′05″W / 54.8980°N 3.0848°W / 54.8980; -3.0848
OS grid reference	NY 305 564
Location	Kirkbampton, Cumbria
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Peter, Kirkbampton
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I
Designated	8 November 1984
Architectural type	Church
Style	Norman
Groundbreaking	12th century
Completed	1882
Specifications
Materials	Red sandstone and calciferous sandstone, roofs of green slate and sandstone slates
Administration
Parish	Kirkbampton
Deanery	Carlisle
Archdeaconry	Carlisle
Diocese	Carlisle
Province	York

St Peter's Church is in the village of Kirkbampton, Cumbria, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Carlisle, the archdeaconry of Carlisle, and the diocese of Carlisle. Its benefice is united with those of St Andrew, Aikton, St Mary, Kirkandrews-on-Eden with Beaumont, and St Michael, Burgh by Sands. The church contains Norman architecture and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.

St Peter's dates from the 12th century. It was restored in 1870–71 and again in 1882.

The church is built in red sandstone and calciferous sandstone. The nave has a roof of green slate, while the chancel is roofed with sandstone slates. At the west end is an open double bellcote. The plan of the church consists of a three bay nave with a north porch, and a two-bay chancel with a north organ chamber and vestry. The Norman features are the north doorway, a blocked south doorway, the chancel arch, a lancet window in the south wall of the chancel and the head of a similar lancet that has been reset in the north wall of the organ chamber. The north doorway has a single order and a tympanum including a carved figure. The tympanum of the south doorway is decorated with stone of two different colours in three horizontal bands. The chancel arch has zigzag carving and capitals decorated with scallops.