St Peter's Church, Rugby
The image of St Peter's church in its own altar window (shown here prior to the blocking of the porch doorway).
The liturgical 'east' window by Francis Stephens installed in 1955. Stephens was a pupil of Martin Travers and his style shows a strong similarity to Traver's work. He was assisted in making this window by John Hayward at the Faith Craft Studios.
The central focus is a rich group of Christ in glory flanked by Mary & St Peter whilst the background glass was kept deliberately light as was the fashion in much postwar stained glass. At the bottom is a panoramic view of Rugby with its identifiable landmarks and churches, including St Peter's itself on the left hand side.
St Peter's church was built in 1909 to the design of Charles Ford Whitcomb and is a sturdy essay in Arts & Crafts Gothic, brick built with stone dressings and rendered internally. It originally consisted of a spacious nave and apse (orientated north) but and extension in 1933 resulted in a new sanctuary and the reorientation of the interior towards it, leaving the apse as a baptistery. Further alterations in 1984 subdivided the interior with an enormous gallery inserting a floor extending through the apse and two bays of the nave, creating space for a church hall beneath. More recently St John was added to the church's dedication to commemorate a former sister parish (based in a much more modest building that closed).
The handsome interior of the church now has a rather reduced floor space but the full length of it can still be appreciated from the gallery level. The focus is the large window above the altar with stained glass by Francis Stephens installed in 1955.
For more on the building and the window see below:-
peterjohnchurch.weebly.com/archive---building.html
The church is a familiar landmark to me having grown up in the area and attended the former art college next door (long since replaced by houses).
The church is normally open only for services and functions but I was lucky enough to time my last visit well and was given a friendly reception here. There are plans for further work to the building, principally the re-opening of the former porch which was bricked up in the 1984 alterations and has lead many since to believe the church had closed, it is very much alive and well and I wish them every success with this venture.
St Peter's Church, Rugby
The image of St Peter's church in its own altar window (shown here prior to the blocking of the porch doorway).
The liturgical 'east' window by Francis Stephens installed in 1955. Stephens was a pupil of Martin Travers and his style shows a strong similarity to Traver's work. He was assisted in making this window by John Hayward at the Faith Craft Studios.
The central focus is a rich group of Christ in glory flanked by Mary & St Peter whilst the background glass was kept deliberately light as was the fashion in much postwar stained glass. At the bottom is a panoramic view of Rugby with its identifiable landmarks and churches, including St Peter's itself on the left hand side.
St Peter's church was built in 1909 to the design of Charles Ford Whitcomb and is a sturdy essay in Arts & Crafts Gothic, brick built with stone dressings and rendered internally. It originally consisted of a spacious nave and apse (orientated north) but and extension in 1933 resulted in a new sanctuary and the reorientation of the interior towards it, leaving the apse as a baptistery. Further alterations in 1984 subdivided the interior with an enormous gallery inserting a floor extending through the apse and two bays of the nave, creating space for a church hall beneath. More recently St John was added to the church's dedication to commemorate a former sister parish (based in a much more modest building that closed).
The handsome interior of the church now has a rather reduced floor space but the full length of it can still be appreciated from the gallery level. The focus is the large window above the altar with stained glass by Francis Stephens installed in 1955.
For more on the building and the window see below:-
peterjohnchurch.weebly.com/archive---building.html
The church is a familiar landmark to me having grown up in the area and attended the former art college next door (long since replaced by houses).
The church is normally open only for services and functions but I was lucky enough to time my last visit well and was given a friendly reception here. There are plans for further work to the building, principally the re-opening of the former porch which was bricked up in the 1984 alterations and has lead many since to believe the church had closed, it is very much alive and well and I wish them every success with this venture.