St Peter's Church, Fleetwood
| St Peter's, Fleetwood | |
|---|---|
 St Peter's Church, from the south | |
  Location in Lancashire | |
| 53°55′26″N 3°00′34″W / 53.9239°N 3.0094°W | |
| OS grid reference | SD 3380948004 |
| Location | Fleetwood, Lancashire |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Consecrated | 1841 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II |
| Designated | 31 March 1978 |
| Architect(s) | Decimus Burton |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Blackburn |
| Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
| Deanery | Poulton |
St Peter's Church is in the seaside town of Fleetwood, Lancashire, England, situated on The Fylde coast. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn. It was completed in 1841, to a design by Decimus Burton. Burton had been employed by Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood in 1836 to lay out the new planned town of Fleetwood. It has been designated a Grade II listed building by English Heritage.[1]
History
Fleetwood is a 19th century planned town, the creation of local landowner and Preston MP, Sir Peter Hesketh-Fleetwood. In 1836, he employed Decimus Burton to lay out the new town. The new parish church was one of the buildings Burton designed. It was built 1839–41 (Hesketh-Fleetwood laid the foundation stone) and consecrated in 1841.[2][3] Hesketh-Fleetwood's aunt, Anna-Maria Hesketh of Tulketh Hall, financed the construction of the tower and spire; the spire was taken down in 1904 for safety reasons.[3] In 1883, the east end of the church was altered by Paley and Austin, who added a chancel, a transeptal chapel and an organ chamber.[1][2] The organ is a 3-manual and pedal pipe instrument, built by J J Binns.
Architecture
St Peter's stands on a raised piece of land in the town centre.[4] Surrounded by an iron palisade, it is constructed of grey rock-faced stone with red sandstone ashlar dressings.[2] The side walls and the tower have lancet windows. The nave is aisleless. Of the church's design, Nikolaus Pevsner commented "It could be by anybody."[2]
The church has space for 400 people; originally 200 more could be accommodated in the galleries to the north and south; these were removed in 1960.[4][5]
See also
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b "Church of St Peter", National Heritage List for England, English Heritage, retrieved 28 April 2011
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- ^ a b "History of Wyre — Fleetwood", Wyre Borough Council Online, retrieved 17 September 2010
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- ^ "Fleetwood, St Peter", Open Churches Trust, retrieved 17 September 2010
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Sources
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969]. Lancashire: North. New Haven and London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0300126670.
- Porter, John (1876). History of the Fylde of Lancashire. W. Porter. OCLC 12931605.