Ruins Of Church Of St Peter

The ruins of the Church of St. Peter, located on the west side of Ford Lane in Alresford, are a former parish church that was destroyed by fire in 1971. The church has origins dating back to the 13th century, with features from the 14th and 19th centuries. The structure consists of plastered rubble walls, with Roman brick and tile quoins, and stone dressings. Currently, only the walls of the chancel, nave, north porch, and south aisle remain, as the roof has been lost.

The chancel features an east wall with angle buttresses, a two-centred arch east window, and remnants of quatrefoil tracery, along with a label that has king and queen stops. The south wall has a two-centred arch east window with remains of tracery, and red brick jambs of a former doorway located to the west of this window. The north wall contains two two-centred arch windows with trefoil tracery, and between these windows is a Caernarvon headed doorway.

In the nave, the north wall has two two-centred arch windows with remnants of tracery and a buttress at the east end. There is a 14th-century two-centred arch north door that is chamfered in two orders. The gabled north porch has a two-centred archway, while the west wall displays Roman brick and tiled quoins and a two-centred arch window with a label above it.

The south aisle features a west wall with a curved triangular window that has trefoil detailing. The south wall includes a two-centred arch doorway to the west and two two-centred arch windows to the east. The east wall has a 19th-century segmental headed doorway. Inside, few features remain, but there is a two-centred arch piscina with a quatrefoil drain on the south wall of the chancel. The sanctuary and chancel have 19th-century coloured tiles and brick and stone floor tiles. The chancel arch has stone jambs and brick window splays. The southeast wall of the nave has a Caernarvon headed doorway with a corbel below, possibly leading to a 19th-century vestry or former rood loft stairs. There is also a small blocked roundel to the north of the west wall apex and traces of a similar roundel to the south. The south doorway has a red brick north jamb. The south aisle's western angle features trefoiled stone panelling at the plinth. According to Kelly's Directory from 1912, the church was erected by Anfrey de Staunton around 1300, as indicated by his epitaph in Norman-French found in the chancel.