page_title: Mawer and Ingle
section_title: Church of St Peter, Bramley, 1861-1863
hierarchical_section_title: Mawer and Ingle / Works by Mawer & Ingle / Church of St Peter, Bramley, 1861-1863
caption_attribution_description: St Peter's church, Bramley, West Yorkshire, England. Designed by Perkins &amp; Backhouse 1861-1863. This image shows the nave of the church as it was before it was rebuilt in the 20th century.
context_page_description: Mawer and Ingle was a company of architectural sculptors, based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, between 1860 and 1871. It comprised cousins Charles Mawer and William Ingle, and Catherine Mawer who was mother of Charles and aunt of William. The group produced carvings on many Gothic Revival churches and their internal furnishings. They also worked on civic buildings, warehouses and offices. Many of these are now listed by Historic England, and many of the surviving buildings are within Yorkshire. Their work outside Yorkshire included Trent Bridge.
context_section_description: St Peter's Church, Hough Lane, Bramley, Leeds, is a Grade II listed building. The previous St Margaret's church was demolished around 1861 and rebuilt as St Peter's by Perkins & Backhouse. St Peter's foundation stone was laid in 1861, and it was consecrated on Thursday 9 July 1863. The nave and chancel were extensively rebuilt and the interior was completely replaced in the twentieth century. Only the tower is as it was in 1861; it has gargoyles and pinnacles at the angles. The east and west sides are arcaded with shafts and carved capitals, which also feature over the tower's doorway. The remains of St Margaret's steeple stand in the churchyard.
  
  In 1863 the nave, west door and porch of St Peter's had carved capitals, and the transepts had carved capitals and corbels. The east window had carved capitals of "very fine wrought stone." The open timbers of the nave roof were supported by carved brackets. There was a "handsome Caen stone pulpit." At the consecration, the Leeds Intelligencer reported that: 
  "The pulpit is hexagonal, and arcaded on five of its sides, and at the angles are marble shafts, each niche contains a sculptured figure of Our Saviour and the four Evangelists. The base of the pulpit is alabaster. The usual appendage of a cushion is dispensed with and a very chaste brass book rest is substituted, which may be raised or lowered at the pleasure of the preacher ... The font is of Caen stone with clustered marble shafts and diapered bowl; it stands on two steps and forms a conspicuous object in the church ... The stone carving, which is most elaborate throughout, has been executed by Messrs. Mawer & Ingle, of Great George's Street, Leeds. It exhibits remarkable boldness and skill in ecclesiastical ornamentation, and reflects much credit upon the architects, from whose designs the work has been carried out." (Leeds Intelligencer 11 July 1863)
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caption: St Peter's, Bramley, before 1914
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