Bournemouth - St Peter's Church
Churchyard cross.
Churchyard cross, designed by George Edmund Street RA, architect of St Peter's church, Bournemouth, in which churchyard it stands, an imposing 7 metres high. The carving is by Thomas Earp and shows a different scene on each face, covering the Nativity, the Crucifixion, the Taking down from the Cross and the Ascension.
Church of St Peter, Hinton Road, Bournemouth
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1153014
Listing NGR: SZ0888791218
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1153014
St Peter's church in the centre of Bournemouth, Dorset; one of the great Gothic Revival churches of the 19th century and now serving as the parish church of Bournemouth. On the site of a plain, slightly earlier church, this building was commissioned by the priest, Alexander Morden Bennett, who moved to the living from London in 1845.
In 1853 Bennett chose George Edmund Street, architect of the London Law Courts, to design the proposed new church. The church grew stage by stage and Street in turn commissioned work from some of the most famous names of the era, including Burne-Jones, George Frederick Bodley, Sir Ninian Comper, William Wailes and Thomas Earp. There is even one small window by William Morris.
Bournemouth - St Peter's Church
Churchyard cross.
Churchyard cross, designed by George Edmund Street RA, architect of St Peter's church, Bournemouth, in which churchyard it stands, an imposing 7 metres high. The carving is by Thomas Earp and shows a different scene on each face, covering the Nativity, the Crucifixion, the Taking down from the Cross and the Ascension.
Church of St Peter, Hinton Road, Bournemouth
Grade I Listed
List Entry Number: 1153014
Listing NGR: SZ0888791218
historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1153014
St Peter's church in the centre of Bournemouth, Dorset; one of the great Gothic Revival churches of the 19th century and now serving as the parish church of Bournemouth. On the site of a plain, slightly earlier church, this building was commissioned by the priest, Alexander Morden Bennett, who moved to the living from London in 1845.
In 1853 Bennett chose George Edmund Street, architect of the London Law Courts, to design the proposed new church. The church grew stage by stage and Street in turn commissioned work from some of the most famous names of the era, including Burne-Jones, George Frederick Bodley, Sir Ninian Comper, William Wailes and Thomas Earp. There is even one small window by William Morris.