St Peter's Church, Reighton

The church, in 2008

St Peter's Church is the parish church of Reighton, a village in North Yorkshire, in England.

A church was built in Reighton in the 12th century. In 1848, it was described as "extremely ancient", ^[1] and it had seating for up to 104 worshippers. ^[2] The church was largely rebuilt between 1897 and 1905, to a design by Frederick Stead Brodrick, Arthur Lowther and William Walker. They retained only the chancel and an arcade from the original building. The church was grade II* listed in 1966. ^[3]

The church is built of sandstone, and has a roof partly of tile and partly of slate. It consists of a nave, a north aisle, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower has two stages, with diagonal buttresses, two-light bell openings, and a coped parapet. The porch has a round-arched opening, and the south door has Norman jambs. Inside, there is a square Norman font, which Historic England describe as "magnificent". ^{[3] [4]}

See also

• Grade II* listed churches in North Yorkshire (district)
• Listed buildings in Reighton

References

1. Lewis, Samuel (1848). A Topographical Dictionary of England. London.
2. Yorkshire Returns of the 1851 Census of Religious Worship: Introduction, City of York and East Riding. York: Borthwick Institute. 2000. ISBN   9780903857956.
3. Historic England. "Church of Saint Peter, Reighton (1296580)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 31 August 2025.
4. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Neave, David (1995) [1972]. Yorkshire: York and the East Riding. The Buildings of England (2 ed.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN   978-0-300-09593-7.