Church of St Peter & St Paul, Godalming
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The Church of St. Peter and St. Paul is a parish church of the Church of England in Godalming, Surrey. The parish is mostly urban and excludes rural outskirts, it includes another church, St Mark's, in which the joint clergy provide less formal and family services.
Church of St. Peter and St. Paul | |
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51°11′13″N 0°36′57″W | |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church |
Website | http://www.godalming.org.uk/ |
Listed Building – Grade I | |
Official name | Church of St. Peter and St. Paul |
Designated | 18 December 1947 |
Reference no. | 1044546 |
History | |
Dedication | Saint Peter and Saint Paul |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Guildford |
Archdeaconry | Surrey |
Deanery | Godalming |
Parish | Godalming |
Clergy | |
Priest(s) | Rev'd Jane Vlach[1] |
Assistant | Revd. Robbie Harvie[2] |
The present building, the oldest in the town, was built in the twelfth century, replacing an earlier Anglo-Saxon church. Two medieval chapels are integrated into the present building. Its core is made from the local sandstone, Bargate stone from the nearby Greensand Ridge, which is found close to the town. Also found around the church is the old Lammas, or 'common', land.
The church is set on the town centre thoroughfare, Church Street, in the urban part of the market town that doubles as a commuter and retirement town and is a Grade I-listed building.