Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a church of 1842, designed by SC Fripp, located in Bishopsworth, Bristol. Constructed from squared lias rubble with limestone ashlar dressings and a slate roof, it is a notable example of the Norman Revival style. The church features an apsidal chancel, a crossing tower, and an aisled nave.

The architectural design incorporates small, round-arched windows, including a group of three at the east end above a torus string and beneath a hoodmoulding. A weathered ovolo corbel table is present. A short, square chancel tower rises with a pyramidal roof, accompanied by a round ashlar staircase tower at the northeast corner with a beehive roof and a round-arched door. Clocks are positioned on the north and south sides of the tower, and a blind arcade is on the south side. The north aisle comprises three bays, separated by pilasters, with a weathered corbel table and parapet. The west porch features a coped gable end with a three-window range, and a semicircular arched entrance with round responds and cushion capitals, incorporating a two-leaf door with strap hinges. A southeast porch, situated below the tower, has a door with a shouldered lintel and a single light, mirroring the south elevation. The west end displays five bays, arranged 1:3:1 with buttresses; the central lights are taller and have beakhead stops to the hoods, flanked by blind single lights beneath the apex, with a small rose window above. A Celtic cross finial tops the structure.

Internally, the church showcases a stone Norman-style reredos and piscina in the apse, separated from the single-bay chancel by a square section arch. A similar arch defines the chancel area, leading to an organ loft on the north side. The five-bay nave arcade utilizes round piers with semicircular pilaster strips on the sides, cushion capitals, and semicircular arches springing from a carved corbel, terminating in a respond at the west wall. A braced queen-post nave roof is complemented by plain aisle trusses resting on the arcade pilaster strips. Fittings include a stone Norman-style font. The church represents a fine example of the Norman Revival architectural style of the 1840s, with the style consistently applied to both the exterior and interior.