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Latitude: 51.7597 / 51°45'34"N
Longitude: -0.5618 / 0°33'42"W
OS Eastings: 499359
OS Northings: 207754
OS Grid: SP993077
Mapcode National: GBR F55.NSF
Mapcode Global: VHFS4.61WC
Plus Code: 9C3XQC5Q+V7
Entry Name: Church of Saint Peter
Listing Date: 29 July 1950
Grade: II*
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1342174
English Heritage Legacy ID: 355446
ID on this website: 101342174
Location: St Peter's Church, Berkhamsted, Dacorum, Hertfordshire, HP4
County: Hertfordshire
District: Dacorum
Civil Parish: Berkhamsted
Built-Up Area: Berkhamsted
Traditional County: Hertfordshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Hertfordshire
Church of England Parish: Great Berkhamsted
Church of England Diocese: St.Albans
Tagged with: Church building English Gothic architecture
SP9907
814/1/8
HIGH STREET (North Side)
Church of Saint Peter
29.07.50
GV
II*
Latin cross plan, with tower at the crossing. Mainly C13 and C15, restored by Butterfield, 1871. Nave, aisles, clerestorey, transepts, chancel, north and south chapels. Two C14 alter tombs with alabaster effigies. Later monuments include table tomb of 1682; wall monument with urn 1758, with bas reliefs 1787 and 1811, with carved figure 1823.
John Cowper, father of the poet William Cowper, was Rector here for 34 years.
The Church of Saint Peter and Smith-Dorrien Monument form a group.
Listing NGR: SP9935907754
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