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St Peter's, Fleetwood 
St Peter's Church, from the southLocation in Lancashire
Coordinates: 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 Consecrated 1841 Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 31 March 1978 Architect(s) Decimus Burton Administration Deanery Poulton Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York 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]
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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]
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, architectural historian 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]
Assessment and administration
St Peter's was assessed by English Heritage on 31 March 1978 and has been designated a Grade II listed building.[1] The Grade II designation—the lowest of the three grades—is for buildings that are "nationally important and of special interest".[6]
St Peter's is an active parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Blackburn, which is part of the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the Deanery of Poulton.[7]
See also
- Listed buildings in Fleetwood
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c "Church of St Peter", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1072393, retrieved 28 April 2011
- ^ a b c d Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 292
- ^ a b "History of Wyre — Fleetwood", Wyre Borough Council Online, http://www.wyrebc.gov.uk/Page.aspx?PvnID=57711&PgeID=1170&BrdCb=1-24-1157-1164-1169, retrieved 17 September 2010
- ^ a b Porter (1876), pp. 222–23
- ^ "Fleetwood, St Peter", Open Churches Trust, http://www.openchurchestrust.org.uk/Churches/FleetwoodPeter1.htm, retrieved 17 September 2010
- ^ "Listed Buildings", National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/caring/listing/listed-buildings/, retrieved 14 September 2011
- ^ "Church Details: Fleetwood St Peter", blackburn.anglican.org (Diocese of Blackburn), http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/parish.asp?theid=102153, retrieved 14 September 2011
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.
External links
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- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Grade II listed churches
- Buildings and structures in Wyre
- Paley and Austin buildings
- Religious buildings completed in 1841
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