Church of St Peter and St Paul

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21st centuryChurch continues as Buckingham's parish church and one of Buckinghamshire's finest Gothic Revival interiors.
Late 20th centuryOngoing conservation preserves both Georgian and Victorian fabric.
1952Church of St Peter and St Paul designated Grade I listed.
20th centuryChancel vault receives polychrome decoration.
1904Oak reredos designed by John Oldrid Scott installed.
1877Great east window by Clayton and Bell installed, depicting the Te Deum.
Late 19th centuryAdditional stained glass, furnishings and decorative schemes added.
1862–1866Extensive underpinning carried out, with foundations taken 14 feet down to bedrock beneath the castle motte.
1862–1866Scott adds buttresses, stabilising the structure.
1862–1866South porch, chancel and north chancel aisle constructed in Geometrical Gothic Revival style.
1866Major restoration and enlargement completed.
1865Foundation stone of the new chancel laid by Caroline, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos.
1862Serious cracking discovered in the church walls.
1862Sir George Gilbert Scott commissioned to repair, remodel and enlarge the church.
Early 19th centuryGrowing structural concerns begin to emerge within the building.
c.1800Early Georgian fittings and furnishings continue to be added.
1780sChurch becomes the principal parish church of Buckingham.
1780Present church completed, largely funded by the Temple family of Stowe.
Pre-1777Buckingham's medieval parish church stands at the opposite end of Church Street.
1777Construction begins on a new parish church to replace the medieval building.
Present dayThe building remains an important landmark, combining an eighteenth-century structure with some of Sir George Gilbert Scott's most impressive parish church work.

Church of St Peter and St Paul

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