| St Peter's Church, Northampton | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church from the southeast | |
.svg)  St Peter's Church, Northampton Location in Northamptonshire | |
| 52°14′11″N 0°54′12″W / 52.2365°N 0.9034°W | |
| OS grid reference | SP 749 603 |
| Location | Marefair, Northampton |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | Churches Conservation Trust |
| History | |
| Dedication | Saint Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Redundant |
| Heritage designation | Grade I |
| Designated | 19 January 1952 |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Norman, Neo-Norman |
| Groundbreaking | 1130–40 |
| Completed | 1850s |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Ironstone, oolithic limestone |
St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Marefair, Northampton, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building,[1] and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust.[2] It is considered to be "the most outstanding Norman church in the county" (Northamptonshire),[2] and "its capital sculpture is one of the highlights of the Romanesque in England".[3] Alec Clifton-Taylor includes the church in his list of 'best' English parish churches.[4]
- ^ Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Northampton (1052417)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 10 April 2015
- ^ a b St Peter's Church, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Churches Conservation Trust, retrieved 29 March 2011
- ^ Baxter, Ron (2008), St Peter, Northampton, Northamptonshire, Corpus of Romanesque Sculpture in Britain and Ireland, archived from the original on 23 July 2012, retrieved 21 October 2010
- ^ Clifton-Taylor, Alec (1974), English Parish Churches as Work of Art, London: Batsford, p. 251, ISBN 0-7134-2776-0