St Peter's Church, Adderley

Its nave and tower form an active parish church in the united benefice of Adderley, Ash, Calverhall, Ightfield and Moreton Say, in the deanery of Hodnet, the archdeaconry of Salop, and the diocese of Lichfield.

[3] The oldest existing part of the present church is the north transept, which was built in 1635–36 as a burial chapel for the Needham family, the Viscounts Kilmorey of Shavington.

Its plan is cruciform, with a three-bay nave, a single-bay chancel and transepts, and a west tower.

The north transept (Kilmorey chapel) has a battlemented parapet with crocketed pinnacles at the corners and on the apex of the gable.

[1] At the entrance to the north transept is an elaborately carved wooden screen dating from about 1637 with Tuscan columns.

The chancel screen dates from 1908, includes Corinthian columns, and was probably made by C. Hodgson Fowler.

Its carving includes rosettes and volutes, and it contains a medieval inscription in Latin, which translates as "Here wickedly the first man enjoyed the apple with his wife".

[1] The stained glass consists of twelve heraldic panels containing the Needham family arms.

It was discovered to be a 'palimpsest' - i.e. an earlier brass, probably fourteenth century Flemish in origin, which had been cut up and re-used by engraving the reverse side.