St Peters Chapel - Owlswick, Buckinghamshire - This Old Church on Waymarking.com

St Peters' chapel is a flint and brick building which was built in 1866. When it was first built it was also used as a school. It is served by St Dunstan's Church in nearby Monks Risborough and there is a service here every other Sunday.

From the church website

St Peter’s Chapel, Owlswick

The present chapel was built in 1866, but there was probably a church in the village of Owlswick in the northern tip of the parish from around the time of the Norman Conquest. The original church is thought to have stood close to ‘Old Acres’, near the present Manor Farm.

The mediaeval church was destroyed during the Civil War and was not replaced until the nineteenth century. In its earliest days the chapel served as a village school as well as a place of worship, and a few traces of the school remain to this day including the bell that is still rung for services.



The cross on the roof was fashioned out of a mediaeval oak beam from the bell tower at St Dunstan’s, and a notable feature of the chapel is its embroidered kneelers. The making of these was a major project undertaken by members of the congregation, guided and inspired by the late Rosalind Wills. Each kneeler follows the same colour scheme but has a different design, all related in some way to the village and its chapel.

The many beautiful gardens in the village, of which Rest-Awhile, the home of the late Molly Crockett, is a striking example, help to maintain the tradition whereby flowers have always been an important feature of the chapel.

Services at Owlswick Chapel use the Book of Common Prayer. Holy Communion is held at 11.30 am on the second Sunday in each month, and there is Evensong on the fourth Sunday. In the winter months (October to March) Evensong is at 3.00 pm and in the summer it is at 6.00 pm.

Date the Church was built, dedicated or cornerstone laid: 01/01/1866 Age of Church building determined by?: Church website If denomination of Church is not part of the name, please provide it here: Church of England Street address of Church: Market Square Owlswick Princes Risborough, Bucks United Kingdom HP27 9RH Primary website for Church or Historic Church Building: [Web Link] If Church is open to the public, please indicate hours: Not listed If Church holds a weekly worship service and "all are welcome", please give the day of the week: Not listed Indicate the time that the primary worship service is held. List only one: Not Listed Secondary Website for Church or Historic Church Building: Not listed

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