St Peter's Church, Thorner

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St. Peter's Church
Church of Saint Peter
St Peter Church and Yard, Thorner.jpg
St Peter's Church, Thorner
Location Thorner, West Yorkshire
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Status Parish Church
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed building
Specifications
Materials limestone tower, gritstone chancel with stone slate roof
Administration
Province York
Diocese Leeds
Archdeaconry Leeds
Parish Thorner with Scarcroft

St. Peter's Church in Thorner, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds. The church is part of Elmete Trinity Benefice, which consists of the parishes of All Saints, Barwick in Elmet, St Philip's, Scholes and St Peter's, Thorner. [1] [2]

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History

The south chapel, chancel and north chapel. Rear of St Peter's Church, Thorner, West Yorkshire (Taken by Flickr user 10th June 2012).jpg
The south chapel, chancel and north chapel.

The church has a 15th-century tower; the rest of the church was largely reconstructed in 1855 by Mallinson and Healey. [3]

Architectural style

Exterior

The church has a limestone tower, a gritstone chancel and a stone slate roof. The church is of a perpendicular style with a west tower, a south porch and a chancel embraced by north and south chapels. The tower is of two stages with angled buttresses with offsets and an octagonal clock face. [3]

Interior

The church has arched arcades with octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The north chapel has an organ. The south chapel has wall tablets and a heraldic memorial to John Savill of Coppley (c. 1677). The church is furnished with 19th century pews and choir stalls with carved poppyheads. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ Double Deacon Day - Twenty new Curates Ordained at Two Services, published 1 July 2017, accessed 15 June 2018
  2. ↑ A Church near you: Scholes, St Philip's - More Information, accessed 7 August 2018
  3. 1 2 3 "Church of St Peter, Thorner". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 18 June 2016.

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