St Peter's Church, Tiverton | |
---|---|
St Peter's Church, Tiverton | |
50°54′20″N3°29′20″W / 50.90556°N 3.48889°W Coordinates: 50°54′20″N3°29′20″W / 50.90556°N 3.48889°W | |
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.
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 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.
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]
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner was a German, later British scholar of the history of art, especially of architecture.
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 was an organ builder of Swiss origin who worked mostly in England.
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.
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.
St. Anne's Church, Park Hill, Moseley is a parish church in the Church of England located in Moseley, Birmingham.
St Benedict's Church, Bordesley is a Church of England parish church in Hob Moor Road, Bordesley, West Midlands, England, about 2 1⁄2 miles (4 km) east of Birmingham city centre. It is an early 20th-century church in Byzantine Revival style and is Grade II listed.
St George's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.
St Paul's Church, Tiverton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.
St George's Church, Morebath is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in Morebath, Devon. It is part of the Hukeley Mission group of parishes, which also includes St Michael & All Angels Bampton, St Peter's in Clayhanger, St Petrock's in Petton and All Saint's in Huntsham.
St Michael the Archangel’s Church, Laxton is a Grade I listed Church of England parish in the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham in Laxton, Nottinghamshire.
The Church of St Peter and St Paul, East Drayton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in East Drayton.
St Helen's Church, Kneeton is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in Kneeton, Nottinghamshire, England.
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Oxton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Oxton, Nottinghamshire.
All Saints' Church, Mattersey is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Mattersey.
St Peter & St Paul's Church, Gringley-on-the-Hill is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Gringley-on-the-Hill.
St Peter and St Paul's Church, Upton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Upton, Newark and Sherwood, Nottinghamshire.
St Peter’s Church, Gamston is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Gamston, Bassetlaw.
St Peter’s Church, Hope is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Hope, Derbyshire.
St Andrew’s Church, Twyford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Twyford, Derbyshire.
All Saints’ Church, Steetley is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Whitwell, Derbyshire.
St John the Baptist’s Church, Ault Hucknall is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire.
St Mary the Virgin’s Church, Denby is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Denby, Derbyshire.
St Mary’s Church, Cromford is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Cromford, Derbyshire.
St Cuthbert’s Church, Doveridge is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Doveridge, Derbyshire.