St Peter's, Kinver
St Peter's church at Kinver stands in a commanding position on high ground overlooking the town below from Kinver Edge. It is an impressive red sandstone building dating back to the 14th century but much altered in the following centuries, with large chapels flanking the chancel added in the Tudor period and a north aisle built as recently as the 1970s.
The interior is equally imposing with styles both ancient and modern, the new north aisle being a particularly successful addition, surpising to see such a clearly contemporary feature so at ease with its medieval surroundings. The furnishings and glass are mostly of the Victorian period though there are several earlier elements of note and a particularly striking canopy/lantern in the south aisle, uniquely composed of stained glass panels.
The church is normally kept locked except for Friday and Saturday mornings, but visitors on the latter will be made very welcome (as I was) on the tea and coffee morning, and indeed one would be hard pushed to think of a nicer setting for one.
St Peter's, Kinver
St Peter's church at Kinver stands in a commanding position on high ground overlooking the town below from Kinver Edge. It is an impressive red sandstone building dating back to the 14th century but much altered in the following centuries, with large chapels flanking the chancel added in the Tudor period and a north aisle built as recently as the 1970s.
The interior is equally imposing with styles both ancient and modern, the new north aisle being a particularly successful addition, surpising to see such a clearly contemporary feature so at ease with its medieval surroundings. The furnishings and glass are mostly of the Victorian period though there are several earlier elements of note and a particularly striking canopy/lantern in the south aisle, uniquely composed of stained glass panels.
The church is normally kept locked except for Friday and Saturday mornings, but visitors on the latter will be made very welcome (as I was) on the tea and coffee morning, and indeed one would be hard pushed to think of a nicer setting for one.