A stone church with a square tower sits in a grassy churchyard featuring headstones, a gravel path, and a large round bush.

St Peter, Barton

St Peter, Church Lane, Barton

History of St Peter, Barton

Listed building:

Parish Church. Chancel, C14 with fragments of Cll and C12 in west end of south wall. Nave and west tower are also C14, but the tower is possibly late C14.

A medieval stone church with a tall tower, long nave and chancel, and a graveyard in the foreground under an overcast sky.

Barton church (RCHM)

A stone church with a red tiled roof stands behind a path and trees in a churchyard with several upright gravestones.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A stone church tower with buttresses stands above a graveyard with a paved path under a bright blue sky with scattered clouds.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Interior of a church nave with wooden pews facing a carved wooden screen, ornate timber roof, and murals on the side walls.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

An altar with a wooden cross sits before a three-panelled stained glass window depicting the crucifixion in a stone church.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A stone arch frames a wooden rood screen and vaulted timber roof inside a church, with wooden pews lining a central aisle.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A dark wooden pulpit with a hexagonal canopy stands beside an ornate, carved wooden screen inside a stone church interior.

Barton church, screen 1370s, pulpit 1635 (RCHM)

An ornate wooden pulpit with a canopy stand against a stone wall next to a window with lattice glass and a decorative screen.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Intricate 14th-century Gothic wooden screen with carved tracery and foliage, framing a view of a church altar in the distance.

Barton church, screen 1370s (RCHM)

Close-up of intricate, dark wooden gothic tracery featuring pointed arches and carved foliage patterns in a church screen.

Barton church, screen 1370s (RCHM)

Ornate wooden rood screen with intricate Gothic tracery framing a view down a central aisle towards an altar with a cross.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Weathered wooden screen panels in a church, featuring carved gothic arches and remnants of old red and green paint.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Faded mural on a plaster wall featuring intricate brown and gold floral patterns, architectural elements, and faint lettering.

Wall painting dating from c1320. St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Faded red ochre wall paintings depicting a jousting figure and other indistinct shapes flank a central pointed stone archway.

St Michael weighing of souls. Virgin Mary on right. Christian knight spearing the devil. Thomas of Cantelupe under the canopy. St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Faded medieval wall painting above a pointed wooden doorway, showing remnants of figures and red pigment on a plastered wall.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Faded red wall painting on plaster between two arched stone windows, depicting a standing figure and a rider on horseback.

St John the Baptist. St Martin on horseback. Kneeling figure of a leper with bell. St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

Faded medieval wall painting with indistinct figures on plaster next to a tall, arched stone window in a church interior.

Upper painting – The Baptism of Christ. Lower Painting – The Last Supper. St Peter, Barton (RGL2026)

Faded mural on stone depicting a figure in a headdress holding a staff next to a dark-painted tree and a four-legged animal.

St Anthony with a pig. St Peter, Barton (RGL2026)

Faint red line drawings of curved and geometric shapes are etched onto a textured, pale, weathered stone wall surface.

St Dunstan or St Eligius pinching the devil’s nose with pliers. St Peter, Barton (RGL2026)

Faded red wall paintings surround arched windows on the pale interior wall of St Peter's Church, beneath a wooden roof.

St Peter, Barton (RGL2026)

An octagonal stone baptismal font with carved side panels stands on a square base inside a church with a red fire extinguisher.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A framed metal artwork features a spiky, circular object resembling a crown of thorns mounted against a dark, mottled background.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A stone obelisk stands in a churchyard beside a light-colored building with a tiled roof, pointed windows, and a tower behind.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

A weathered stone cross headstone with ivy at its base, commemorating Mary Ann and James Allgood in a churchyard setting.

St Peter Barton (RGL2026)

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