Salisbury Road Fugglestone Salisbury
(01722) 742571

The little church of St. Peter's Fugglestone dates from the thirteenth century. It if first mentioned in records of 1291 and its Parish registers date from the year 1568. It stands now at the crossing of the roads to Salisbury and Wilton and offers a fascinating meeting of the ways in other senses too: pop inside and you will find that the only illumination is still produced by Victorian gas mantles, and an organ that is powered by manual bellows, requiring someone to pump it whenever it is played.

In the seventeenth century, George Herbert, poet and priest, was rector of St. Peter's Fugglestone. At that time, it formed part of the living of ‘Fuggleston-cum-Bemerton'. Between 1631 and 33, Herbert would have preached regularly to his congregation in St. Peter's, and it is during this time that he also wrote ‘The Country Parson' and many of his poems.

West Street Wilton Salisbury
01722 742571
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This monumental church was completed in 1845 and replaced the medieval church of St Mary which stands in the market place, although the nave is a ruin.

The architects of the church are Wyatt and Brandon, and the builders D & B Jones (Bradford on Avon, Wilts): the building was paid for by Hon Sidney Herbert (later Lord Herbert of Lea) and his mother Catherine (nee Woronstow) Dowager Countess of Pembroke and Montgomery at a cost of £20,000.00.

The church is built in brick, faced with Bath stone above a Portland plinth.

In the Buildings of England this church is described as a tour de force. This style of church building, which favours the return to the use of round arches, was first encountered on the continent (Germany); it became popular in England in the 1840s. The actual period reflected in the style could be Early Christian, Byzantine, Italian Romanesque or Norman; here at Wilton the Lombardic style was chosen. It was inspired by the churches of San Pietro and Santa Maria, near Viterbo, Italy.

Externally there is a separate campanile some 33 metres (108 ft.) high and the flight of six steps at the west entrance are around 30 metres wide. The interior contains glass from the 12th and 13th centuries and other important items obtained by the Herberts from the continent. Capitals to the columns in the nave were carved by William Osmond (Junior) of Salisbury. In the chancel the pavement is by Mr Singer, and the mosaics of the chancel apse are by Gertrude Martin to designs by Sir Charles Nicholson. Under the chancel there is a crypt which is used as a burial chamber for the Herbert family.

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