Church of St Peter, Deene

The church dates from the 13th century. Since the 16th century it has been the estate church of the Brudenell family, who bought Deene Park in 1514. In 1869 the widow of James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan commissioned T. H. Wyatt to rebuild much of the church. The result of this has been described as "austere". In 1890 G. F. Bodley furnished and decorated the chancel in a "sumptuous" manner.

Inside the church is a four-bay arcade in the nave, and a two-bay arcade n the chancel. The chancel walls have stencil decorations by Bodley. To the right of the altar is a piscina and a triple sedilia with trefoil heads and crocketted gables, and there is a similar niche to the left of the altar. The chancel floor is tiled. The stained glass in the east window is by Lavers, Barraud and Westlake, dating from about 1868, and there is more 19th-century stained glass elsewhere in the church. The octagonal font and the pink marble pulpit also date from the 19th century. In the south chapel is a reredos dating from about 1635. The south aisle, south chapel and transept contain monuments to the…