St Peter's Church, Chester

Coordinates: 53°11′25″N 2°53′30″W / 53.1904°N 2.8918°W / 53.1904; -2.8918
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St Peter's Church, Chester
Style
Gothic
Completed1886
Specifications
MaterialsRed sandstone
Slate spire
Administration
ProvinceYork
DioceseChester
ArchdeaconryChester
DeaneryChester
ParishChester, St Peter
Clergy
Priest(s)Rev Jonathan Phillips
Laity
Churchwarden(s)Jonathan Price, David Hobson
Parish administratorCath Jones

St Peter's Church is in Eastgate Street in the centre of the city of Chester, Cheshire, England, immediately to the north of Chester Cross. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building.[1] It is an active Church of England parish church in the diocese of Chester, the archdeaconry of Chester and the deanery of Chester. The ancient walls mark the boundaries of the parish.[2]

History

The church stands on the site of part of the

Ethelfleda in 907. The present church dates from the 14th, 15th and 16th centuries, with modifications in the following three centuries. Formerly, the tower had a spire, which was removed and rebuilt in the 16th century, taken down in the 17th century, then rebuilt and finally removed[1] "having been much injured by lightning" in around 1780.[3] In 1849–50, the church was repaired by James Harrison,[4] and in 1886 it was restored by John Douglas, which included the addition of a pyramidal spire.[5]

Architecture

Exterior

The church is built of red sandstone and is approximately square in plan. Its floor is at the level of the adjacent Watergate Row and the church is entered by a flight of seven stone steps on the south face. At the west end there is an embraced tower that rises one stage above the roof, with a clock and a bell opening of two lights. The top is crenellated, with crocketed pinnacles and a pyramidal slate spire.[1]

Interior of the church

Interior

Inside the church is a continuous

John Taylor and Company.[8] The parish registers date from 1559 and the churchwardens' accounts from 1626, although the volume dating from 1686 to 1803 has been lost.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Chester (1376247)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 13 May 2012
  2. ^ St Peter, Chester, Church of England, retrieved 27 August 2009
  3. ^
    OCLC 719918
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-300-17043-6
  5. ISBN 0-901657-16-6
  6. ^
    ISBN 0-907768-18-0
  7. National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies
    , retrieved 2 July 2020
  8. ^ Chester S Peter, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 10 August 2008

External links

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