St Peter's Church is the

Church of England parish church A parish church in the Church of England is the church which acts as the religious centre for the people within each Church of England parish (the smallest and most basic Church of England administrative unit; since the 19th century sometimes ...

Twineham Twineham is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. It is located to the west of Burgess Hill. The civil parish covers an area of In the 2001 census 271 people lived in 100 households, of whom 139 were ...

, a village in the

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, England. The church, with St Barthomew's in

Albourne Albourne is a village and civil parish in the Mid Sussex District, Mid Sussex district of West Sussex, England. It lies just off the A23 road three miles (4.8 km) east of Henfield. The parish has a land area of 772.9 hectares (1909&nbs ...

and Christ Church in

Sayers Common Sayers Common is a village in the Mid Sussex District of West Sussex, England. With Hurstpierpoint it forms one of the Mid Sussex parishes. It is located two miles (3.2 km) north-west of Hurstpierpoint. Situated until the 1990s on the main ...

, serves the modern ecclesiastical parish of Albourne, Sayers Common and Twineham (ASCaT). The church is Tudor, probably dating from the early 16th century. According to local tradition it was built in 1516, early in the reign of

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and before the

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. The church is built of brick, consisting of a chancel, nave, south porch, and west tower, with a shingled oak spire. The church was sympathetically restored in 1894, when an organ-chamber was added on the north side of the chancel. The church is a Grade I

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, included on the

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‘for the rarity of small early C16 churches’ (List Entry Number 1284819, first listed 28 October 1957).

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