St Peter's Church, Reighton

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Reighton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A church was built in Reighton in the 12th century. In 1848, it was described as "extremely ancient",[1] and it had seating for up to 104 worshippers.[2] The church was largely rebuilt between 1897 and 1905, to a design by Frederick Stead Brodrick, Arthur Lowther and William Walker. They retained only the chancel and an arcade from the original building. The church was grade II* listed in 1966.[3]

The church is built of sandstone, and has a roof partly of tile and partly of slate. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has two stages, with diagonal buttresses, two-light bell openings, and a coped parapet. The porch has a round-arched opening, and the south door has Norman jambs. Inside, there is a square Norman font, which Historic England describe as "magnificent".[3][4]

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  1. ^ Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London.
  2. ^ Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship: Introduction, City of York and East Riding. York: Borthwick Institute. 2000. ISBN 9780903857956.
  3. ^ a b Historic England. "Church of Saint Peter, Reighton (1296580)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  4. ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-09593-7.
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