Church of St Peter
St Peter's Church is an Anglican parish church in Draycott, Somerset, England. It dates from 1861. Designed by Charles Edmund Giles, the church is a Grade II listed building.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Anglican
- Description: church building in Rodney Stoke, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK
- Also known as: “Church of St Peter, Draycott”, “St Peter”, and “St Peter’s Church, Draycott, Somerset”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cheddar Gorge and Gough’s Cave.
Cheddar Gorge
Photo: Arpingstone, Public domain.
Cheddar Gorge is a limestone gorge in the Mendip Hills, near the village of Cheddar, Somerset, England. The gorge is the site of the Cheddar show caves, where Great Britain's oldest complete human skeleton, Cheddar Man, estimated to be 9,000 years old, was found in 1903. Cheddar Gorge is situated 2 miles north of Church of St Peter.
Gough’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Rwendland, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gough's Cave is located in Cheddar Gorge on the Mendip Hills, in Cheddar, Somerset, England. The cave is 115 m deep and is 3.405 km long, and contains a variety of large chambers and rock formations. Gough’s Cave is situated 1½ miles north of Church of St Peter.
Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke
Church
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Church of St Leonard in Rodney Stoke, Somerset, England, was built around 1175 and is a Grade I listed building. The interior of the church contains a screen, bearing the date 1624, the gift of Sir Edward Rodney, which includes a representation of the martyrdom of St Erasmus, who was killed by having his entrails removed. Church of St Leonard, Rodney Stoke is situated 1 mile southeast of Church of St Peter.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Draycott and Rodney Stoke.
Draycott
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Draycott is a village in Somerset, England, neighbouring the village of Cheddar on the southern edge of the Mendip Hills Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. It is now the larger village in the civil parish of Rodney Stoke.
Rodney Stoke
Village
Photo: Adrian and Janet Quantock, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rodney Stoke is a small village and civil parish, located at grid reference ST486501, 5 miles north-west of Wells, in the English county of Somerset. The village is on the A371 between Draycott and Westbury-sub-Mendip.
Cheddar
Photo: Delta 51, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cheddar is a large village, with the largest gorge and caves in Britain. It has a population of around 5,800. The village gave its name to Cheddar cheese.
Church of St Peter
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Rodney Stoke, Mendip District, Somerset, West Country, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.2582° or 51° 15′ 30″ northLongitude
-2.75209° or 2° 45′ 8″ westOpen location code
9C3V765X+75OpenStreetMap ID
way 392313179OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=churchOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=anglicanWikidata ID
Q26310748
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