St Paul's Church, Peel

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St Paul's Church, Peel
Style
Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking1874
Completed1876
Construction costChurch c. £5,000
Spire £2,000
Specifications
Spire height165 feet (50 m)
MaterialsSandstone
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseManchester
ArchdeaconrySalford
DeaneryEccles
ParishPeel and Little Hulton

St Paul's Church, Peel is an active

Grade II listed building.[1] St Paul's serves the parish of Peel and Little Hulton and, together with St Paul's in Walkden and St John the Baptist in Little Hulton, is part of the Walkden and Little Hulton Team Ministry in the Eccles Deanery and Salford Archdeaconry.[2]

History

The church's origins are in Peel Chapel[3] built in 1760 by the Yates family and consecrated as a chapelry in the Parish of Deane. The chapelry became a district parish in March 1874.[4] The old chapel was demolished and the foundation stone for a new church immediately to the south was laid by Lord Kenyon in August 1874.[5] The church, designed by J. Medland and Henry Taylor, was built between 1874 and 1876, consecrated in December 1876 and its tower added in 1897.[1] Construction of the church cost about £5,500 (£460,000 in 2014),[6] and the spire a further £2,000 (£200,000 in 2014).[6][5]

Architecture

St Paul, Peel, west end

Exterior

The church is constructed in local sandstone from Peel Quarry with a slate roof and

bellcote. The church has a north porch and west spire. It is in the Early English Gothic style with Decorated details.[1]

The church is built on projecting

plinths and has a nave and four-bay aisles with separate roofs which terminate short of the nave at the west. The bays, are separated by buttresses and each has a pair of two-light windows above a continuous sill band. The two-bay chancel is higher than the nave and has a five-light east window. The four-stage west tower has angled buttresses and a west door above which is a four-light west window. The belfry has paired two-light openings under a broach spire set back behind a parapet.[1] The spire is 165 feet (50 m) tall.[5]

Interior

The nave

St. Paul and the lectern with carvings of foliage.[5]

The church has a

Blue John mines in Derbyshire,[5] timber pews and a baluster font from the old chapel. Some of the stained glass is by Shrigley and Hunt. There are several 18th and 19th-century wall plaques.[1] A window imported from the old Peel Chapel, which was made of porcelain, painted and then baked, is located over the font.[7][8]

Churchyard

The churchyard contains the

Second World War.[9]

Near the church porch is the grave of the Roscoe family, including the head of the family James Roscoe, who operated several local coal mines and lived at Kenyon Peel Hall.

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f Historic England, "Church of St. Paul (1163015)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 4 December 2012
  2. ^ Church List Peel, St Paul, The Church of England Diocese of Manchester, retrieved 7 January 2013
  3. ^ Peel Chapel, The Churches of Britain and Ireland, retrieved 7 January 2013
  4. ^ Farrer, William; Brownbill, J, eds. (1911), "Little, Middle and Over Hulton", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 5, British History Online, pp. 25–34, retrieved 7 January 2013
  5. ^ a b c d e f St Paul, Peel, St Paul's Church, retrieved 7 January 2013
  6. ^ a b UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  7. ^ https://www.churches-uk-ireland.org/images/manc/salford/l_hulton/paul_win.jpg
  8. ^ Little Hulton, Greater Manchester, The Churches of Britain and Ireland, retrieved 3 December 2012
  9. ^ Peel (St. Pauk) Churchyard, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 5 February 2013
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