Melton Constable St Peter's church

Image: © Adrian S Pye Taken: 16 Aug 2009

Here is a church that is well loved, well attended and much visited. It has stood here since just after the Conquest although many changes and much rebuilding has taken place. The only truly original part of the building is the tower with its pyramidal cap and lovely windows although I must say the nave may also be virtually unaltered. None of the original doorways remain. The chancel arch, being part of the tower is quite interesting as is the whole of the interior of the building. In the south transept are scores of memorials to various members of the Astley family dating from the 17th c. to the present day. The family have obviously been great benefactors to the church and parish over the centuries. There are number of curios to see here although most of the fittings and furnishings are modern and spotlessly clean.

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