Church of St Peter is a

Grade I listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Hi ...

church in

Wrestlingworth Wrestlingworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Wrestlingworth and Cockayne Hatley, in the Central Bedfordshire district of the ceremonial county of Bedfordshire, England about east of the county town of Bedford. The 2 ...

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, England. It became a listed building on 31 October 1966.

History and Architecture

Built in the 12th century, it was restored in Victorian times. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, consists of a tower, nave, two aisles, chancel, and a south porch. The font is located on the north side of the nave, and is adorned with

quatrefoil A quatrefoil (anciently caterfoil) is a decorative element consisting of a symmetrical shape which forms the overall outline of four partially overlapping circles of the same diameter. It is found in art, architecture, heraldry and traditional ...

s. A reading desk and pulpit are located in the northeast section. The communion table and some tombstones are 17th-century, while the pulpit and stairs are 18th-century, and some glass is of medieval era.

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Church of England church buildings in Bedfordshire Grade I listed churches in Bedfordshire 12th-century church buildings in England {{England-church-stub

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History and Architecture

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