Budleigh Salterton Devon
1898 Organ set in the north chancel wall facing both the choir & nave
The church was built 1891 - 1893 financed by Hon Mark Rolle on his land on “The Lawn” replacing a small chapel of ease which the Rolle family had also paid for.
It was designed by architect George Fellowes Prynne in Early English style and was built by the Exeter builders Luscombe and Sons. The main walls were built from limestone while the interior carvings were of Beer stone with Ashburton marble columns.. The total cost of the building was £10,000.
The church was consecrated on April 25th 1893 by the Bishop of Exeter, Edward Henry Bickerseth but it remained a chapel of ease until 1900 when it became a parish in its own right and in July 1900 Rev Rees Charles Price was instated as the first vicar.
It comprises of a nave, north and south aisles, double south transepts with apse on the east side, and south porch and is "light and airy due to the high roof and limited stained glass".
For the next 20 years the interior of St Peter’s was beautified with stained glass windows and mosaics and on 28th September 1920 a chancel screen was installed as a memorial to the dead of WW1
Sadly on 17th April 1942 a bomb, dropped from enemy aircraft, hit the north aisle. A large part of the wall and the flying buttresses were damaged and every window had been blown out. Worship continued at the Temple Methodist Church whilst rebuilding & restoration began.
On April 25th 1953, sixty years after its original dedication, Archdeacon of Exeter, the Ven. W A E Westall dedicated two new stained glass windows. One was a memorial to the fallen of WW2, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cc4FBL8hP6 the other a new west window to replace the one destroyed in the air raid.
in 1989 it was decided to buy the moveable organ from the nave of Worcester Cathedral to work alongside the organ which had been installed in 1898
- Church of St Peter , Budleigh Salterton Devon
tdoa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/organs/2005/budleigh-pipes...
Budleigh Salterton Devon
1898 Organ set in the north chancel wall facing both the choir & nave
The church was built 1891 - 1893 financed by Hon Mark Rolle on his land on “The Lawn” replacing a small chapel of ease which the Rolle family had also paid for.
It was designed by architect George Fellowes Prynne in Early English style and was built by the Exeter builders Luscombe and Sons. The main walls were built from limestone while the interior carvings were of Beer stone with Ashburton marble columns.. The total cost of the building was £10,000.
The church was consecrated on April 25th 1893 by the Bishop of Exeter, Edward Henry Bickerseth but it remained a chapel of ease until 1900 when it became a parish in its own right and in July 1900 Rev Rees Charles Price was instated as the first vicar.
It comprises of a nave, north and south aisles, double south transepts with apse on the east side, and south porch and is "light and airy due to the high roof and limited stained glass".
For the next 20 years the interior of St Peter’s was beautified with stained glass windows and mosaics and on 28th September 1920 a chancel screen was installed as a memorial to the dead of WW1
Sadly on 17th April 1942 a bomb, dropped from enemy aircraft, hit the north aisle. A large part of the wall and the flying buttresses were damaged and every window had been blown out. Worship continued at the Temple Methodist Church whilst rebuilding & restoration began.
On April 25th 1953, sixty years after its original dedication, Archdeacon of Exeter, the Ven. W A E Westall dedicated two new stained glass windows. One was a memorial to the fallen of WW2, www.flickr.com/gp/52219527@N00/cc4FBL8hP6 the other a new west window to replace the one destroyed in the air raid.
in 1989 it was decided to buy the moveable organ from the nave of Worcester Cathedral to work alongside the organ which had been installed in 1898
- Church of St Peter , Budleigh Salterton Devon
tdoa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/organs/2005/budleigh-pipes...