St Peter and St Paul, Caterham ::: Visit a Church

	St Peter and St Paul Church Lane CR3 5AL Caterham (Chaldon) United Kingdom
Denomination:	Anglican
Congregation:	Chaldon (Diocese of Southwark, Archdeaconry of Reigate, Tandridge)
Geogr. Coordinates:	51.28541° N, 0.12472° W
Reference year:	1000
Architectural style:	Gothic
Building type:	Hall Church
Description:	Small hall church of Anglo-Saxon origin, current aspect mostly of the Early English style; bell tower on the south-west corner
Name derivation:	From the apostles St Peter and St Paul


Building material	Flint construction (original west wall dating from the 10th/11th cent.); shingled spire (1842)
Bells	Six bells, cast at the Whitechapel Bell Foundry (1902)


Pulpit	Pulpit of lizard oak from Cromwellian times (Patience Lambert, 1657)
Font	Square font on an octagonal stem, of local stone from Merstham
Organ	Built by the Willis family; two manuals and pedal
Windows	High, small window in the west wall, from Saxon or early Norman times South window in the Lady Chapel with remains of the original glazing East window with scenes from the life of Jesus Christ (Powell, 1869) North aisle: St Peter and St Paul (north wall), two angels (east wall), both late 19th cent.) East window in the Lady Chapel with scenes from the life of Mary (late 19th cent.) South aisle: Double window dating from the 17th cent. with two stained glass windows of recent date, recording the fallen in the second world war
Noteworthy	Oldest known wall fresco in England (c. 1170, restored 1869 and 1989) and largest wall painting of its type in northern Europe (5.26 x 3.40 m), showing the “Ladder of Salvation of the Human Soul”, together with Hell and Purgatory Stone coffin lid dated about the 12th cent. and the broken original door step in the porch Board with the names of the Rectors of the church dating back to 1304

History:

675:	First, probably wooden predecessor church
727:	First recorded in the “Charter of Frithwald”
Late 10th cent.:	or early 11th cent.: Construction of the current church
Early 13th cent.:	Construction of the south aisle with an Early English arcade to the nave
Late 13th cent.:	Construction of the north aisle
14th cent.:	Construction of St Kateryn’s Chapel, today the Lady Chapel
16th cent.:	Construction of the porch
1842:	Construction of spire and vestry
1869:	Renovation of the church, discovery of the west wall painting

Important persons:

Patron:

Peter (1–64 (?), apostle and martyr)
Paul (7/10–60/68, Apostle)

Sources

St Peter and St Paul’s Church: The Chaldon Mural (Informationsblatt)

St Peter and St Paul’s Church: History of Chaldon Church, http://www.chaldonchurch.co.uk/history-chaldon-church, retrieved 22/08/2018

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