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St Peter's Church, Quernmore 
St Peter's Church, Quernmore, from the northLocation in Lancashire
St Peter's Church, QuernmoreCoordinates: 54°02′12″N 2°44′16″W / 54.0366°N 2.7377°W OS grid reference SD 518 603 Location Quernmore, Lancashire Country England Denomination Anglican Website St Peter, Quernmore History Founder(s) William Garnett Dedication Saint Peter Architecture Status Parish church Functional status Active Heritage designation Grade II Designated 7 March 1985 Architect(s) E. G. Paley Architectural type Church Style Gothic Revival Completed 1860 Specifications Materials Sandstone rubble, slate roof Administration Parish St Mark, Dolphinholme Deanery Lancaster and Morecambe Archdeaconry Lancaster Diocese Blackburn Province York Clergy Vicar(s) Rev Cindy Rigney St Peter's Church, Quernmore, is in the village of Quernmore, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Lancaster and Morecambe, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of St Mark, Dolphinholme, and Christ Church, Over Wyresdale.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2] It stands in a relatively isolated position about 1 mile (1.6 km) to the north of the village and 2.5 miles (4.0 km) to the east of the city of Lancaster.[1][3]
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History
The church was built in 1860, designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley, and paid for by William Garnett, the owner of nearby Quernmore Park Hall.[4]
Architecture
Exterior
St Peter's is constructed in sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave, a north aisle, a north porch, a chancel, and a west tower.[2] The architectural style is that of the 13th century.[4] The tower is in three stages which are separated by moulded string courses. It is supported by diagonal buttresses, and at the northeast corner is an octagonal stair turret rising to a greater height than the tower. The bottom stage contains a two-light window, and in the middle stage are trefoil windows. The bell openings in the top stage have two lights. At the top of the tower is a corbel table above which is a solid parapet with lancet openings. Along the south wall are three two-light windows, and there are two similar windows on the north aisle wall. The east window has three lights, and at the east end of the aisle is a wheel window.[2]
Interior
The interior of the church is lined with brick and the dressings are in sandstone. The three-bay north arcade is carried on quatrefoil piers whose capitals are decorated with foliage carving.[2][4] The pulpit is in the style of the 16th century and is decorated with linenfold panelling. It was made by Bell and Coupland. The stained glass in the east window is by Powell, and that in the tower window is by F. Burrow. Elsewhere is stained glass by Shrigley and Hunt, and by E. Jewitt. In a chapel at the northeast of the church is a chapel with items designed by John Hayward in 1959. These include a reredos, and stained glass, that in the north window depicting the Deposition, and in the east window the glass in the wheel window is decorated with a monogram and rays.[4] The two-manual organ was built in 1961 by Henry Willis,[5] and was modified in 1964 by the same builders.[6]
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by E. G. Paley
References
- ^ a b St Peter, Quernmore, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/quernmore-st-peter/, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ a b c d "Church of St Peter, Quernmore", The National Heritage List for England (English Heritage), 2011, http://list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1362497, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ Quernmore, Streetmap, http://streetmap.co.uk/grid/351692_460341_120, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ a b c d Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 551–552, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ^ Lancashire, Quernmore, St. Peter (N01615), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01615, retrieved 1 June 2011
- ^ Lancashire, Quernmore, St. Peter (N01616), British Institute of Organ Studies, http://www.npor.org.uk/cgi-bin/Rsearch.cgi?Fn=Rsearch&rec_index=N01616, retrieved 1 June 2011
Categories:- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II listed churches
- Grade II listed buildings in Lancashire
- Gothic Revival architecture in England
- 19th-century Church of England church buildings
- Religious buildings completed in 1860
- E. G. Paley buildings
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