Church of St Peter, Buckland in the Moor

• Grade: II*
• Date: 15th or early 16th century; restored 1907-8
• Material: granite rubble, slate roofs
• Historic England list entry: 1209699

St Peter's at Buckland in the Moor is a Grade II* listed granite church of the 15th or early 16th century, once a chapelry of Ashburton. Most of the body was heavily restored in 1907-8, but the two-stage tower is unrestored. Its stair turret and old west window survive.

Fittings include a Norman limestone font, an original traceried wooden screen with painted figures on the lower panels, an early 18th-century pulpit, and a board over the south door painted with the royal arms of George II and the date 1745.

The tower clock replaces the numerals with the letters MY DEAR MOTHER. According to Dartmoor Explorations it was given by William Whitley in 1930 or 1931 in memory of his mother Elizabeth, who had died a year earlier. Not the same church as St Peter, Meavy or Peter Tavy.

This is a location on Dartmoor that has a namesake. Read more about this: Dartmoor Places With the Same Name