Parish Church Of St Peter And St Paul

The Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul is a historic church located on Church Lane in Kimpton. It dates back to around 1200 for the nave, with the chancel added in the 13th century, the south aisle and chapel in the 15th century, and a west tower also from the 15th century. The church underwent restoration in 1861, and the north aisle was rebuilt during this time. The structure is constructed of rubble flint with stone dressings, and features red brick at the eaves. The nave has a hipped roof covered in Westmoreland slate and 18th-century wooden coved eaves.

The west tower is three stages high, with clasped buttresses and a tall moulded plinth. It has a west door set in a deep surround and is topped with battlements and a needle spire. There is a two-storey octagonal stair turret on the north side. The windows have been restored to reflect the 15th-century style, with the north nave aisle featuring plate-traceried gabled windows. The 15th-century crenellated porch includes a polygonal stair turret.

Inside, the church has a nave arcade of six bays in a Transitional/Early English style, with drum piers that have capitals alternating between stiff leaf and scalloped designs. The clerestorey windows are two-light and cusped, and the nave roof is flat and from the 18th century. The south chancel aisle features a tall 15th-century three-arch arcade with piers made of four shafts. The south nave aisle has a shallow canted timber roof from the 15th century, with tie beams resting on figured stone stops.

The chapel contains a screen and stalls from the 15th century. There are traces of 13th-century painting on the jamb of a lancet window next to the east window of the chancel. A notable monument to Thomas Brand, the twentieth Baron Dacre who died in 1851, is located on the north chancel wall and features a good Early English style tabernacle frame. Additionally, there is a wall monument to Sir Jonathan Keate, who died in 1700, in the south chancel chapel, which includes a marble plaque with an entablature and fluted pilasters. The main east window contains glass made by Mayer of Munich around 1890.