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St Peter's Church, Stockport

St Peter's Church is the second-oldest parish church in the town of Stockport, Greater Manchester, England. The church stands in St Peter's Square (grid reference SJ894904) and is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield and the deanery of Stockport. Its benefice was combined with that of St Thomas, Stockport until 30 April 2012. History The church was built in 1768 at the sole cost of William Wright. A gallery was added in 1838 and an apse in 1888–89. Current parish life and services St Peter's is an Anglican church that was swept up in the Oxford Movement of the 19th century. This tradition is maintained with sung mass with Angelus taking place on Sundays at 10.30am and said mass on Fridays at 12.30pm. It is a Forward in Faith parish under the alternative episcopal oversight of Glyn Webster, the Bishop of Beverley. At the centre of Stockport, it provides a space for quiet and reflection, being open, along with its café and shop, Tuesday and Friday from 11am to 2pm. Every second Saturday of the month, there is a coffee morning and organ recital from 10.00am to 1pm. Architecture Structure The church is built in brick with a west tower, nave and chancel. The tower is in three stages with a west door above which is a round-headed window. The top, belfry, stage is octagonal. The nave windows are also round-headed. Fittings and furniture The interior of the church is light and spacious. At the west end is a gallery. The front of the church is panelled and has a coloured shield of arms depicting the cross keys of St Peter. Under the gallery is a white marble font. On the north wall of the chancel are three marble mural tablets which are to the memory of William Wright, the founder, and to two of the early vicars of the church. Also in the church is a hatchment from the 18th or early 19th century to a member of the Wright family. There is one bell dated 1768. The communion plate includes a chalice and a paten dating from 1768. The church nave contains the 1769 chair frame clock formerly in the bell tower, now restored to working order by Philip Quale and Alan Newton. It is claimed that this is the oldest working public clock in Greater Manchester. It was installed just after the church opened in 1769 and was made by John Whitehurst (1713–1788) of Derby. (Leaflet alongside clock in the church 2008). The church has a fine set of Festive High Mass clerical vestments from about 1890 said to be made of Portuguese tapestry comprising a tunical, a chasuble and a dalmatic. (Leaflet in the church 2008). See also List of churches in Greater Manchester Listed buildings in Stockport References
St Peter's Church, Swingfield

St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the village of Swingfield, some 3 miles (5 km) northeast of Hawkinge, Kent, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. History St Peter's dates mainly from the 13th century, with fabric possibly from the 11th or 12th century. Alterations were made in the 15th century, and the church was restored in 1870. It was declared redundant on 1 August 2000, and vested in the Churches Conservation Trust in 2011. The church has connections with the Knights Hospitaller, the former chapel of a commandery being located close to the village. Swingfield church was part of a chain of measuring points for the trigonometric survey linking the Royal Greenwich Observatory and the Paris Observatory in the late eighteenth century. This Anglo-French Survey was led by General William Roy, and used cross-channel sightings from nearby Dover Castle and Fairlight Down on the South Downs. Architecture The church is constructed in knapped flint with stone dressings. The roofs of the body of the church are tiled, and the tower roof is slated. Its plan consists of a nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a slightly narrower chancel, and a west tower. The tower dates from the 13th century, or from the late 15th century. It is in three stages, standing on a stone plinth. It has angle buttresses, a plain parapet, and a pyramidal roof with a weathervane. On the west side of the tower in the bottom stage is a low doorway, above which is a small rectangular window, with a small lancet window between them. The bell openings have two lights, with a sexfoil (six-lobed window) above them. To the southeast of the tower is a circular stair turret, rising to a greater height than the tower, with slit windows and a plain parapet. Close to the porch are two mass dials (sundials). Inside the church is a four-bay arcade carried on alternate circular and octagonal piers. There are two aumbries, one in the north wall, the other in the south wall. The font is octagonal. It dates from the 14th century, and was restored to the church in 1914, having been found in a garden. The stained glass in the west window and in a south window dates from the 20th century. In the 17th century the church had a ring of three bells. Two of these were sold towards the end of the 18th century. The remaining bell was cast in 1696 by John Wood. External features In the churchyard is an 18th-century monument that has been listed at Grade II. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England References
St Peter's Church, Threekingham

St Peter's Church is a church in Threekingham, Lincolnshire. It is dedicated to St. Peter ad Vincula (St Peter in chains). It became a Grade I listed building on 1 February 1967. A Saxon church, mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086, was located here but the Normans began rebuilding the church in 1170. Part of the church, notably the door and porch, is dated to 1310. A sundial on the turret to the left of the porch says "1688 Gifte of Edmond Hutchinson, Gentleman". The church contains three 14th-century tombs, one of which is inscribed "Hic intumulatur Johannes quondam dominus de Trikingham" ('Here is buried John, former lord of Threekingham'). The spire was restored in 1872. References
St Peter's Church, Wallingford

St Peter's Church is a redundant Anglican church in Wallingford, Oxfordshire, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. The church stands at the east side of the town, overlooking the River Thames. History An earlier church on the site was destroyed in 1646 during the siege of Wallingford in the Civil War. Building of the present church started in 1763, the contractors being William Toovey and Joseph Tuckwell. In 1767 the interior of the church was paved, pews were added, and the exterior was stuccoed under the supervision of Sir Robert Taylor. A spire designed by Taylor was added in 1776–77. A local resident, Sir William Blackstone, a lawyer and author of the Commentaries on the Laws of England, took an interest in the building of the spire and paid for the clock face visible from his house. He is now buried in the family vault beneath the church. The chancel was built in 1904, designed by Sidney Roberts Stevenson. The church was declared redundant on 1 May 1971, and was vested in the Churches Conservation Trust on 26 July 1972. For visitor access, a key can be obtained from the nearby Tourist Information Office. A series of chamber music concerts is held during the summer months. Architecture Exterior The plan of the church consists of a four-bay nave, a chancel with an apse, and a west tower with a spire. The nave and chancel are constructed in ashlar stone, the nave standing on a flint plinth. The tower is built in knapped flint, with stone quoins and bands. The nave is roofed in Welsh slate and the chancel is tiled. At the top of the tower is a clock face on each side, except the north. Above this is an octagonal belfry surmounted by an openwork stone spire. The nave and tower are in Neoclassical style, and the chancel is Gothic Revival. The church is entered by a double door in a round-headed doorway on the west side of the tower. Above the doorway is a three-light window containing Y-tracery. The nave has a shaped cornice and a plain parapet, and contains four round-headed windows on each side. In the chancel are windows dating from the 20th century, the one on the north side being a rose window. Interior The nave has a shallow-arched coffered ceiling. The pews and font date from the 18th century. In the east window is stained glass dating from 1918 by Morris & Co. On the south wall is a monument to Sir William Blackstone and his family. It consists of an inscribed panel above three shields, surrounded by an arch. See also List of churches preserved by the Churches Conservation Trust in South East England References External links 360° Panorama of Church interiors
St Peter's Church, Walpole St Peter

St Peter's Church is an active Church of England parish church in Walpole St Peter, Norfolk, England. One of the largest churches in the county, it is known as "the Cathedral of the Fens". It is in the Diocese of Ely. The largely Perpendicular building is Grade I listed, and is often regarded as one of England's finest parish churches. History The oldest section of the church is its tower, which dates from the 13th century. By the 15th century a church, 160 feet long, was added. The windows are in Perpendicular style. Some benches date from the 15th century. A carved poor box is dated 1639. A chandelier dates from 1701. Victorian restoration was restricted largely to the chancel. St Peter's was used as the parish church of the fictional village of Fenchurch St Paul in the 1973 television dramatisation of Dorothy L. Sayers's novel The Nine Tailors, starring Ian Carmichael as Lord Peter Wimsey. Reception St Peter’s is known as “The Cathedral of the Fens, due to its size and renown”. It is said to be a favourite of Charles III, and John Betjeman described it as "the finest of all". It was also listed as one of Songs of Praise's favourite churches in Britain. See also St Andrew's Church, Walpole References External links Media related to St Peter's, Walpole St Peter at Wikimedia Commons Official church website
St Peter's Church, Waverton

St Peter's Church is in the village of Waverton, Cheshire, England. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is an active Anglican parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Malpas. Its benefice is combined with those of St John, Aldford and St Mary, Bruera. History The earliest documentary evidence of a place of worship on the site is in a charter of confirmation dated 1093. Later references are in a will dated 1599 and in documents relating to the building of a north chapel in 1640 by John Tilston of Lower Huxley Hall. In the 19th century, restorations of the body of the church took place, one in 1845 and another in 1888 by John Douglas when the clerestory was rebuilt. The pyramidal roof was added to the tower in the late 19th century. Architecture Exterior The church is built in ashlar Waverton red sandstone with a Lakeland green slate roof. The plan consists of a large west tower, a nave of three bays with a clerestory, a chancel of one bay, and north and south aisles. The tower is large and, in the opinion of Richards, disproportionate to the size of the church. It is in three stages with a four-light Perpendicular window dated 1888 on the west face. Above this are square openings with quatrefoils, a single string course, three-light bell openings and an embattled parapet. The pyramidal roof is recessed and shingled. The doorway on the west face is Tudor in style and it leads to a porch containing a weathered statue of the Virgin and Child between shields of the Dutton and Hatton families. Interior The 17th-century roofs of the nave and aisles were retained during the restorations and are dated 1635. The octagonal font is from the 17th century. The chancel walls are timber-framed internally and are possibly medieval, but more likely a later copy of the original walls. Memorials are to previous rectors of the church and to members of the Dutton family of Hatton. The east window has three lights and is Perpendicular in style. The pulpit dated 1903 is a memorial to the 1st Duke of Westminster. In the tower are the royal arms of Charles II, painted in 1663, and a table of tithes. There is a ring of eight bells. Four of these are dated 1615 by George Lee, two dated 1908 are by John Taylor and Company, and the other two are dated 2008 by Taylors Eayre & Smith Ltd. The parish registers date from 1582 and the churchwardens' accounts from 1744. External features The gates, gatepiers and churchyard walls, which are almost complete, are listed at Grade II. In the churchyard is a red sandstone sundial dated 1731 which is also listed at Grade II. The churchyard also contains the war graves of two soldiers of World War I, and an airman of World War II. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Cheshire West and Chester Listed buildings in Waverton, Cheshire List of church restorations, amendments and furniture by John Douglas References Further reading
St Peter's Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester

St Peter's Church is in Firs Lane, Westleigh, a district of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. The architectural historians Pollard and Pevsner describe it as "one of their most radical and thrilling churches". History Building of the church started in 1879 and it was completed and consecrated in 1881. It cost £7,000 (equivalent to £740,000 as of 2025), and provided seating for 460 people. Architecture The church is constructed in red brick with Runcorn sandstone dressings. It has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave with a north aisle and a south porch, a two-bay chancel with a north vestry, and a central tower. Along the sides of the church are two-light flat-headed windows with Decorated tracery. The porch is gabled and has a niche for a statue above the doorway. The tower has buttresses, a three-light transomed window, and flat-headed bell openings. At the top of the tower is a parapet with an ashlar frieze below it, and a pyramidal roof. The east and west windows have five and four transomed lights respectively. Inside the church the arcade between the nave and north aisle is carried on circular sandstone columns with moulded capitals. The stone reredos contains four niches with statues. The alabaster pulpit is large and elaborate; it was formerly in Manchester Cathedral. The stained glass in the east window dates from 1949 and is by Abbott and Company of Lancaster. The font incorporates polygonal shafts of green marble. See also Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin Listed buildings in Leigh, Greater Manchester References Bibliography
St Peter's Church, Wickham Bishops

St Peter's Church is a redundant church in the village of Wickham Bishops, Essex, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building, and is cared for by the Friends of Friendless Churches. History The church originated in the 11th century. In the Domesday Book of 1086, the manor of Wickham Bishops was recorded as belonging to the Bishops of London and it has been suggested that the church was built as a private chapel for the bishops. The church was restored in about 1850, but a new church dedicated to St Bartholomew was then built on a different site. The font, holy water stoup and parish chest were moved to the new church. St Peter's continued to be a chapel of ease to the new church but it became derelict and was threatened with demolition. In 1970 it became redundant. The church was taken into the care of the charity the Friends of Friendless Churches in 1975. The charity holds a 999-year lease with effect from 1 January 1975. Some restoration work has been carried out since then, but this has been disturbed by vandalism. Since 1994 the church has been used as a studio by the stained glass artist Benjamin Finn. The windows of the church have been reglazed with oak tracery designed by Julian Limentani. The church now contains a new altar which was sculpted by Rory Young, and a statue of Saint Peter by Nicholas Hague. The original font has been returned from the new church. Benjamin Finn has been commissioned to create a new east window, to be financed by a grant from the Cottam Will Trust. In 2007 areas of 13th-century geometrical patterns were discovered on the walls; conservation work has been carried out in these. Architecture St Peter's is constructed in a mixture of flint rubble, puddingstone, septaria, Roman tile, and brick. It has red tiled roofs. The plan of the church consists of a nave, a chancel, and a gabled south porch. At the west end is a belfry with weatherboarding. References External links Archaeological information from Essex County Council Benjamin Finn's website
St Peter's Church of England Aided School

St Peter's Church of England Aided School is one of Exeter's five state sector high schools. The school was awarded language college status in 2002. The current headteacher of the school is Phil Randall. The old school building was knocked down (September 2006). Since then, a new building managed by Carillion has been in use. Carillion was then taken over by Sodexo in 2015 for a 5-year contract. Since the Sodexo contract ended in 2020, Fusion School Services has managed the building The school was formed by the amalgamation of Hele's School and Bishop Blackall School in 1983. Notable former pupils Ben Aldridge (born 1985) - actor Matt Grimes (born 1995) - footballer Joe Talbot (born 1984) - lead singer of Idles [since 2009] References External links Official website
St Peter's College, Saltley

St Peter's College, Saltley was a teacher training establishment located in Saltley, Birmingham, founded in 1850 in part with help from MP Charles Adderley. History As modern Saltley developed, the college first opened as Worcester Diocesan Training School, later known as Worcester, Lichfield & Hereford Diocesan Training College and then Saltley Training College. When the college reopened after World War II, it was known simply as Saltley College, and latterly as St Peter's. The Old Salts' Association (OSA) has an annual reunion on the first Saturday in July at College. Designed by Gothic Revival architect Benjamin Ferrey, it was built in a Tudor Revival architecture style format of a University of Oxford college, created around a quadrangle at the top of College Road. It housed only 30 trainee teachers initially, which quickly rose to 300 students. The college expanded quickly in the mid-1960s to cope with falling teacher numbers and rising school rolls, with the first female students admitted in 1966. The college closed in 1978. After the Church of England sold the building to the local authority in 1980, it became halls of residence for Aston University. Most recently it was redeveloped as an Urban Village, with accommodation for the local community, students and the elderly, the former college building becoming a multi-use facility, combining homes, offices and meeting rooms. The funds from the sale of the buildings were used to create the St Peter's Saltley Trust in 1980. The trust has three objectives in its work across the West Midlands of England: lay Christian education; further education; and religious education in schools. The trust generally makes funds available to enable projects which meet its objectives to take place. The college had its own school, known initially as the Worcester Diocesan Practising School. Located on the junction of College Road and Bridge Road, on opening in 1853 it had two classrooms, one master and 185 boys. A new school room allowed pupil numbers to rise to nearly 500 by 1871. Hit by a Luftwaffe bomb during World War II, the school closed in 1941 and never reopened. The college's association football club, Saltley College F.C., was one of the first in Birmingham, and reached the Birmingham Senior Cup final in 1880. References External links Saltley Trust
St Peter's Hospital, Chertsey

St Peter's Hospital is an NHS district general hospital in Chertsey, Surrey, England. It has 400 beds and a wide range of acute care services, including an Accident & Emergency department. It is located between Woking and Chertsey near junction 11 of the M25 motorway and is managed by Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. History The hospital has its origins in an Emergency Medical Service hospital established in the grounds of Botleys Mansion in September 1939. After the war the hospital was managed by Surrey County Council as an acute general hospital until it joined the National Health Service in 1948. The hospital was redeveloped in the late 1960s with the first phase, which included five new operating theatres, being opened by the Duchess of Kent in September 1967 and the second phase, which included a maternity block, being opened in 1970. A new out-patients department was opened by Geoffrey Pattie MP in 1981 and the Abraham Cowley Unit for mental health opened in 1988. The Duchess of Kent Wing, which included a Postgraduate Education Centre and modern well-equipped wards, was opened by the Duchess of Kent in 1992. The Prince Edward Wing, which included the accident & emergency department, the ITU and the orthopaedic unit was opened by Prince Edward in the summer of 1998. The Duchess of Kent Wing was extended to include two further wards in 2006. In March 2022 it was announced that the 53 bed Abraham Cowley Unit, which had dormitory bedrooms and communal bathrooms, was to be demolished and replaced. Services The hospital radio station, Radio Wey started broadcasting to patients and staff from St Peters in 1965 and today also serves an area beyond the hospital's main catchment area. Transport St Peter's Hospital is 0.8 miles (1.3 km) SSW of Chertsey railway station and has regular bus services to a wide range of towns. Public transport between Ashford Hospital and St Peter's Hospital is available by the 446 bus route. See also List of hospitals in England References External links Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hospital radio station - Radio Wey