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By midsummer 1821 a plain rectangular building was complete – this is the present nave, measuring 68ft by 35ft, and 20ft high at the eaves. The east wall, which was demolished in 1877 to build the chancel, had two arched windows and a ‘round’ above, matching the west end. Originally the square bell tower was quite small. Foundations for the new church were dug by Sark workmen and the walls were built 2ft 6ins thick. Cartloads of schistic and slate stone were hauled up from Port du Moulin and granite was quarried from L’Eperquerie. Outside, the dark granite quoins that mark each 12-inch course of stonework, were brought from a quarry at L’Ancresse in Guernsey.
The floor is of Purbeck flagstones shipped from Swanage. Carpentry work – framing the fir roof beams and rafters, fixing laths to bear glazed roof tiles and to support the ceiling of hair and lime plaster – was planned by Jean Tardif of Jersey and carried out by Guernsey carpenters.
On 7th August 1821 the Bishop of Winchester licensed ‘the new erected chapel’ according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, but it wasn’t until 1829 that he finally crossed the sea to consecrate ‘Saint Peter’s’. Both Le Pelley Seigneurs who were its patrons and worked so hard to bring it into existence were named Peter.
The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter (Latin: Basilica Sancti Petri), officially known in Italian as Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano and commonly known as Saint Peter's Basilica, is a Late Renaissance church located within the Vatican City. Saint Peter's Basilica has the largest interior of any Christian church in the world.[1] While it is neither the official mother church of the Roman Catholic Church nor the cathedral of the Pope as Bishop of Rome, Saint Peter's is regarded as one of the holiest Catholic sites. It has been described as "holding a unique position in the Christian world"[2] and as "the greatest of all churches of Christendom".[3]
In Roman Catholic tradition, the basilica is the burial site of its namesake Saint Peter, who was one of the twelve apostles of Jesus and, according to tradition, the first Bishop of Rome and therefore first in the line of the papal succession. Tradition and some historical evidence hold that Saint Peter's tomb is directly below the altar of the basilica. For this reason, many Popes have been interred at St. Peter's since the Early Christian period. There has been a church on this site since the 4th century. Construction of the present basilica, over the old Constantinian basilica, began on 18 April 1506 and was completed on 18 November 1626.[4]
St. Peter's is famous as a place of pilgrimage, for its liturgical functions and for its historical associations. It is associated with the papacy, with the Counter-reformation and with numerous artists, most significantly Michelangelo. As a work of architecture, it is regarded as the greatest building of its age.[5] Contrary to popular misconception, Saint Peter's is not a cathedral, as it is not the seat of a bishop. It is properly termed a papal basilica. The Archbasilica of St. John Lateran is the cathedral church of Rome.
St Peter's basilica, located in Vatican City has the largest interior of any Christian Church in the world.
The dome of St. Peter's rises to a total height of 448.1 Feet from the floor of the basilica to the top of the external cross. This is the interior view. The main alter is located directly below the dome..
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Edina, Minnesota
Architect: Ralph Rapson
For Exhibit & Symposium
Sacred Sites \ Sacred Sights: Architecture, Ethics, and Spiritual Geographies
University of Minnesota, College of Design
April 4, 2008 through April 6, 2008
Recording Session & Lunchtime Concert (Choristers & Sedecim) - St. Peter's Methodist Church, 6th November 2015.
The tiny stone church of St Peter is one of the oldest buildings in Penarth and is mainly a 12th century building, but its origins go back to the 6th century. In the 19th century it was a ruin, but in the 1880s the Marquis of Bute had it restored. Its features include a Norman arch, herringbone stonework, a tudor porch and an elaborate reredo. A stone outside is the base of what was once a cross. It stands next to the site of a medieval village.
Nearly 400 people took the Plunge on Feb. 12, 2011 as part of law enforcement's St. Peter Polar Bear Plunge for Special Olympics Minnesota. Photo by Michelle Lindstedt.
Eyewitness to the attempted assassination of Pope John Paul II on May 13, 1981. This shocking experience led Eugene to found Food for Poland, which supported the nonviolent Solidarity movement against Soviet Communist oppression.
Fenny Compton is one of south Warwickshire's picturesque ironstone villages and its church with the unusual dedication of St Peter & St Clare is an attractive mainly 14th century building of a rich golden brown hue. The windows are of the Decorated period for the most part and the west tower is crowned by a fairly short spire.
Within the the church has a pleasing atmosphere with the lighting surprisingly subdued considering most of the windows are plain glazed. The church was much restored in the Victorian period, and it is from this era that most of the furnishings date, though one is left with the distinct impression that the mid 19th century congregation here must have been a fairly 'low church' one as there is little in the way of figurative decoration (aside from a slightly later window in the north aisle) with the c1850 east window containing simple patterned glass. The chancel contains an old memorial is is otherwise well lit by three identical windows in a row in its south wall.
Fenny Compton church is a pleasant place to visit and is usually kept open and welcoming. This is not a church where one becomes lost in its ancient features, but is a haven of tranquility and peace for those in need of prayer and reflection.
Chapel, formerly church of St Peter-Le-bailey - window in south aisle, 'In his hands the seeds will grow', by Ervin Bossanyi. Placed here in 1997 by son Jo, family and friends in memory of the artist and his wife Wilma - detail
St Peter's Archabbey, otherwise St Peter's Abbey (Stift Sankt Peter) in Salzburg is a Benedictine monastery in Austria. It is considered one of the oldest monasteries in the German-speaking area, if not in fact the oldest. St Peter's Abbey was founded in 696 by Saint Rupert.
St Peter’s, Marton, hidden away in East Marton (formerly called Church Marton) serves that hamlet and West Marton, under the old-fashioned name of Martons Both.
Plum, Texas
Completed in February 1901.
Historic marker:
www.flickr.com/photos/auvet/53499436419/in/datetaken-public/
East window, below gallery, by Morris and Co, designed by Burne Jones, 1881 - central panel : Christ and the Woman of Samaria at the well (first use)
The Basilica di San Pietro - Saint Peter's Basilica – is one of the most impressive constructions in the Vatican City in Rome, Italy.
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St Peter's, Gunby
This is a small parish of under 20 souls. The Church is in the grounds of Gunby Hall (owned by the National Trust, and formerly the home of the Massingberds) but the Church is still the village church and maintained by local people.
The tower of St Peter's Church is 12th century. The remainder of the church dates from the 15th century. Prior to the Second World War the Church stood in a busy commercial district of Bristol. The church was reduced to ruin as a result of the Blitz in 1940. The buildings immediately around the Church were destroyed and cleared away to form Castle Park.
The Church is Grade II* and now stands as a War Memorial to those civilians killed during the Blitz.
St Peter's church in Elford might not show much promise to many visitors at first sight, with so little of the medieval building still visible.
The red sandstone tower is the oldest surviving part, but despite it's late medieval appearance seems to have been rebuilt in 1598.
The rest of the church was entirely rebuilt in the Victorian period, mostly by Salvin in 1848-9 except for the south chapel (the Stanley chapel) which is the work of G.E.Street from 1869-70.
Despite the fact this is a mostly Victorian structure it is a richly rewarding church of much historic interest, prinicpally the superb collection of medieval monuments to members of the Stanley family located in the south chapel.
ST PETER, CLAYHANGER
Delightfully sited with a small lane with cottages to the west tower. Or it would have been without the flurry of construction going on all around - it seemed 75% of the houses were in some state of repair, rebuilding or newness! The church is not large, and has been much restored or rebuilt itself in the C19. Inside a complete set of bench ends (including one stuffed behind a pile of jumble sale items under the tower), some fragments of Jacobean woodwork - credence shelf and reredos, the latter also with a surviving piece of medieval foliage probably from a former screen - and a Norman font
A walk all over Chester City Centre.
A look up Eastgate Street.
Corner of Northgate Street.
St Peter's Church
Grade I Listed Building
Description
CHESTER CITY (IM)
SJ4066SE EASTGATE STREET AND ROW
595-1/4/150 (North side)
28/07/55 Church of St Peter
(Formerly Listed as:
EASTGATE STREET
Church of St Peter)
GV I
Parish church, now church and Christian centre. Said to have
been founded by Ethelfleda in 907, the present structure is
C14, C15 and C16, altered and restored C17, C18 and C19. Red
sandstone; roof not visible.
PLAN: approximately square in plan. The north aisle contained
beneath floor level the undercroft of a medieval town house,
filled and paved over. Embraced west tower, formerly with
spire; continuous nave and chancel of 4 aisles with floor at
level of Watergate Row.
EXTERIOR: south face: flight of 7 stone steps leads to south
doors and to Watergate Row. Replaced diagonal-boarded double
doors in restored archway; 3 rectangular windows, 1886-9, of 4
lights with 3 Decorated windows above, rebuilt in
Perpendicular style 1886-9; stonework of south face partly
removed by Thomas Harrison 1803, where the Pentice (Council
Chamber) was removed. The tower rises one stage above roof,
with clock, bell opening of 2 cusped lights, crenellation,
crocketed pinnacles and a pyramid roof of slate in the manner
of John Douglas, late C19, with its faces interrupted by a
continuous, horizontal louvre; wind vane; there was formerly a
spire, removed and rebuilt C16, taken down C17, then rebuilt
and finally removed C18.
The west end, partly behind the Victoria public house, Nos 2 &
4 Watergate Street and Row (qv), has a plain face to the
tower. The north windows of the Perpendicular north aisle have
panel tracery. The east end has 2 low-pitched gables, plainly
expressed. The 2 central aisles of the nave have traceried
windows larger than that of the south aisle, formerly the
chapel of St George; the north aisle, now containing the
organ, has an inserted rectangular window of 2 lights.
INTERIOR: the 3-bay arcades do not match the window bays. The
tower piers, rectangular in plan, support a ribbed vault of 8
panels over the baptistry, with a circular bell-hole. The
north-east pier has a damaged medieval fresco around a niche
which held a Virgin and Child. The 2 southern arcades with
through mouldings are Decorated, the northern arcade
Perpendicular, dated 1535-38. The outer north aisle has a
lean-to roof of low pitch with arch-braced main beams which
have carved foliar bosses, and carved spandrels of 3 trusses;
the inner north aisle has a restored camber-beam roof; the
inner south aisle has shallow king-post trusses; the roof to
the outer south aisle is replaced. Galleries were first
recorded in 1637, but were altered C18 and C19; they cover the
outer north and south aisles and part of the west end. 2
carved corbel stones project from the south wall; a C15
bronze, said to commemorate a lawyer; pews probably mid to
late C19; east window glass 1862 and 1963, one to Prince
Albert; monument on north wall, c1750, to Henry Bennett; bells
by Rudhall of Gloucester, 1709.
(Cheshire Sites and Monuments Record: Collens J: Chester City:
3007/12/1).
Listing NGR: SJ4052866303
St Peter's church and Museum "Het Domein" in Sittard.
At an impressive 80m, Saint Peter's spire is the tallest church tower in the south of Limburg and it's also called the Grote Kerk, or Big Church, by locals. This Gothic cruciform house of worship was built in 1292 and boasts a prominent peak and layered walls made of brick and marlstone. Despite some adversity in its past, including a fire set by French troops in 1677 and a lightning strike in 1857, the church is still the pride and joy of the city. Other striking elements are its 1425 choir stalls decorated with fantastic creatures and more contemporary designs including the space dog Laika and a girl with a hoop. The statue of Saint Peter, situated 8m above the ground and the 50 church bells are also impressive.
St. Peter's Church (German: St. Petri, German coll.: Petrikirche) is the oldest parish church in Hamburg, Germany. It is named after the Christian Apostle Peter, whom the Catholic Church believes to be the first Pope. The church is located on Mönckebergstrasse and marks the highest point in Hamburg's Old Town. Its tower rises to a height of 132 meters; there are 544 steps to the top. The parish currently consists of a few hundred members. About 300 persons work there today, as priests, social workers, choir leaders, and craftsmen. The majority of these are volunteer positions.