St Peter's Church | |
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Church of Saint Peter | |
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53°42′55″N1°28′26″W / 53.7152°N 1.4740°W | |
Location | Aberford Road, Stanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Status | Parish Church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1821 |
Completed | 1824 |
Construction cost | £12,000 |
Closed | 2001 |
Demolished | 2014 |
St Peter's Church in Stanley, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England was a Church of England church. The church opened in 1824, closed in 2001 and after falling into disrepair was demolished in 2014.
The church was built between 1821 and 1824 by a design to Peter Atkinson Junior and was rebuilt between 1911 and 1913. [1] The original construction costs were £12,000. Much of the building was destroyed in a fire on 18 February 1911, which left only the walls standing. The church was rebuilt and opened in July 1913. [2]
The church was used as the interior and crypt of the 'Parish Church of St Matthew' in The Beiderbecke Affair . The exterior were filmed however in St Mark's Church in Woodhouse, Leeds.
The church was of ashlar with a Welsh slate roof. There were twin four stage octagonal towers to the west side of and the church had a six-bay nave and a two-bay nave. A vestry was later added to the south side of the church. There was an external access to the crypt.
There is a tall nave with six-bay arcades. The aisle and chancel roofs had wooden vaulting. There was a south chapel which sat separate to the main chapel. The church had a carved stone fault with an oak cover added in 1916 and a decorated tracery with a crocketed spire. [3]
After the diocese of Wakefield realised it would require £1 million of repairs to make the building safe the decision was taken to close the church in 2001. After a deal between the diocese and a developer fell through and a public consultation took place a decision was taken to demolish the building. Campaigners fought to preserve the building and called for Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government Eric Pickles to order a public inquiry, however this wasn't to happen. The Victorian Society and the Ancient Monuments Society also called for the buildings preservation. [4] A controversy arose after 16 misericords depicting the 16 stages of creation carved by HP Jackson in the 1920s were removed by contractors and later turned up on eBay and at a London dealer. [5]
The church relocated to its former church centre on Lake Lock Road in December 2001. The current premises are much smaller than the original church. [6]