St Peter's Church, Tiverton

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St Peter's Church, Tiverton

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St Peter's Church, Tiverton
50°54′20″N3°29′20″W / 50.90556°N 3.48889°W / 50.90556; -3.48889 Coordinates: 50°54′20″N3°29′20″W / 50.90556°N 3.48889°W / 50.90556; -3.48889
Location Tiverton, Devon
Country England
Denomination Church of England
Administration
Deanery Tiverton
Archdeaconry Exeter
Diocese Diocese of Exeter

St Peter's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.

Church of England Anglican state church of England

The Church of England is the established church of England. The Archbishop of Canterbury is the most senior cleric, although the monarch is the supreme governor. The Church of England is also the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britain by the third century, and to the 6th-century Gregorian mission to Kent led by Augustine of Canterbury.

Tiverton, Devon town in Devon, England

Tiverton is a town and civil parish in the English county of Devon and the main commercial and administrative centre of the Mid Devon district. It has also become a dormitory town for commuters to Exeter and Taunton. The built-up area had a population of 19,544 in 2011 and the parish had 21,335.

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History

The church dates from the 1073. Several restorations have been undertaken, in 1825–1829 by G.A. Boyce, and in 1853–1856 by Edward Ashworth of Exeter.

Edward Ashworth was an English artist and architect from Devon, England, considered to be the West Country's leading ecclesiastical architect. He was elected a member of the Exeter Diocesan Architectural Society in 1847.

The church was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "a gorgeously ostentatious display of civic pride". [1] The building was designated as Grade I listed in 1952. [2]

Nikolaus Pevsner German-born British scholar

Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture.

Organ

The earliest records of organs in the church are in 1524, but the current organ dates from 1696 by Christian Smith. There have been subsequent modifications by Andrews and Shirland (1711), John Snetzler (1770), Henry Willis (1867) and Noel Mander (1967). A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register. [3]

John Snetzler Swiss organ builder

John Snetzler was an organ builder of Swiss origin who worked mostly in England.

Henry Willis & Sons

Henry Willis & Sons is a British firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845. Although most of their installations have been in the UK, examples can be found in other countries.

The church is noted as being the location of the first performance of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" which was performed by Samuel Reay at the wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel on 2 June 1847.

Wedding March (Mendelssohn) Mendelssohns composition

Felix Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" in C major, written in 1842, is one of the best known of the pieces from his suite of incidental music to Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. It is one of the most frequently used wedding marches, generally being played on a church pipe organ.

Samuel Reay was an organist and composer based in England.

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References

  1. ↑ The Buildings of England: Devon Nikolaus Pevsner.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (1384949)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 30 November 2016.
  3. ↑ "Devon Tiverton, St. Peter". The National Pipe Organ Register. The British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
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