St Peter's Church, Seaview

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St. Peter's Church, Seaview
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St. Peter's Church.
St Peter's Church, Seaview
St. Peter's Church, Seaview
50°43′13″N01°06′51″W / 50.72028°N 1.11417°W / 50.72028; -1.11417
Denomination Church of England
Churchmanship Broad Church
History
Dedication St. Peter
Administration
Province Canterbury
Diocese Portsmouth
Parish Seaview, Isle of Wight

St. Peter's Church, Seaview is a parish church in the Church of England located in Seaview, Isle of Wight.

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History

The church was built in 1859 by the architect Thomas Hellyer. [1] It was built as a chapel of ease, and has a nave of four bays, north aisle, and south porch. The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1907. [2]

The south aisle and Lady Chapel were added as war memorials. [3]

Organ

The church Originally had a small pipe organ by Bevington, which was added to at the end of the 1800s by Lewis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
  2. ↑ 'Parishes: St Helens', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 189–193. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42070 Date accessed: 14 December 2008.
  3. ↑ Ward Lock's Red Guide, ca. 1930


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