St Peter's Church, Deene, Northamptonshire

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Deene, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN17 3EJ
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  • This 13th-century estate church in Deene Park is the church of the Brudenell family, who bought Deene Park in 1514 and have lived there ever since.
  • The chancel was sumptuously decorated by G. F. Bodley in 1890.
  • The south chapel contains a number of interesting memorials to members of the Brudenell family of Deene Park.
  • The chancel was sumptuously decorated by G. F. Bodley in 1890.
  • The nave and aisles are austere, in contrast to the richly-decorated chancel.
  • Bronze sea horses surround the base of the memorial to the 7th Earl of Cardigan.
  • A sad-looking angel on the outside of St Peter's, Deene, probably added in the Victorian rebuild.
  • A close up the alabaster effigy of the 7th Earl of Cardigan -  who led the Charge of the Light Brigade - and his second wife, Agnes de Horsey.
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A family church

This thirteenth-century estate church in Deene Park is the church of the Brudenell family, who bought Deene Park in 1514 and have lived there ever since. It contains many monuments to Brudenells, including one to James Brudenell, 7th Earl of Cardigan, who led the Charge of the Light Brigade. In 1868 the widow of James Brudenell commissioned T H Wyatt to rebuild much of the church.

There is a splendid tomb of the 7th Earl and his wife in the South Chapel. The church is a large building constructed using local stone and Collyweston slates, with a tall west tower and broach spire which probably date from the thirteenth century or earlier. Inside, the nave and aisles are austere but the chancel was sumptuously furnished and decorated by G F Bodley in 1890.

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