St Peter's Church, Leicester

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St Peter's Church, Leicester
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St Peter's Church, Leicester
St Peter's Church, Leicester
52°37′48″N1°06′59.9″W / 52.63000°N 1.116639°W / 52.63000; -1.116639
Location Leicester
CountryEngland
Denomination Church of England
Website stpetershighfields.co.uk
History
Dedication St Peter
Consecrated 16 April 1874
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed [1]
Architect(s) George Edmund Street
Groundbreaking 1872
Completed1879
Specifications
Bells1
Administration
Diocese Diocese of Leicester
Archdeaconry Leicester
Deanery City of Leicester
Benefice Benefice of St Peter Highfields and St Philip's Leicester
Parish Parish of St Peter Highfields, Leicester
Clergy
Rector The Rev Jonathan Surridge, 2016
Deacon(s) The Rev Caroline Brown, 2021
Laity
Organist(s) Chris Gray

St Peter's Church, Leicester, is a Grade II listed [1] parish church in the Church of England in the Highfields area of Leicester. [2]

Contents

History

The foundation stone was laid on 14 November 1872 by the Bishop of Peterborough. The church was built as a memorial to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and was originally known as the Howe Memorial Church. [3] It was built to the designs of the architect George Edmund Street.

The church was consecrated on 18 April 1874 by the Bishop of Peterborough. [4]

The spire was dismantled in 1968 and the building continued to deteriorate such that by 2014 the tower masonry and roof coverings were in very poor condition, and the building was added to the Heritage at Risk register. [5]

Between 2018 and 2021, repairs funded by the Heritage Lottery, Leicester City Council, the Diocese of Leicester and the church's own funds, led to the tower, tower roof, stonework and the main roof being repaired. [6]

Parish status

The church is in a benefice with St Philip's on Evington Road, Leicester.

Organ

The pipe organ was built by Joshua Porritt in 1875. It was extensively modified by Stephen Taylor and Son in 1910. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [7]

Organists

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References

  1. 1 2 Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade II) (1361047)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 28 July 2015.
  2. ↑ The Buildings of England. Leicestershire and Rutland. Nikolaus Pevsner. Yale University Press. ISBN   0300096186
  3. ↑ "Howe Memorial Church". Leicester Chronicle. Leicester. 16 November 1872. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "Consecration of St Peter's Church". Leicester Chronicle. Leicester. 18 April 1874. Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  5. ↑ "Church of St Peter".
  6. ↑ "Church of St Peter".
  7. ↑ "NPOR [N04512]". National Pipe Organ Register . British Institute of Organ Studies . Retrieved 27 July 2015.
  8. ↑ Humphreys, Maggie; Evans, Robert (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 349. ISBN   9780720123302.
  9. ↑ "Suicide of a Leicester Organist". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 8 May 1891. Retrieved 1 February 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
  10. ↑ "John Lester looks around". Leicester Chronicle. England. 16 November 1946. Retrieved 12 December 2020– via British Newspaper Archive.
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