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St Peter Hungate sits in the attractive historical setting of Elm Hill, an enclave of tradition in the modern city. It is a largely 15th century cruciform building without aisles with a truncated west tower, now capped by a pyramid roof.
The church has been redundant since the 1930s, and was converted to use as a wonderful museum of medieval church art, displaying furnishings and artefacts from other redundant churches, complemented by this beautiful and authentic setting. Sadly this museum was closed in the late 1990s during a reorganisation of local museum services. The contents were put into storage and the church left closed and empty.
This was the first time I'd been in after this change of status, having visited the museum on a couple of previous occaisions. The difference was immediately apparent, a stark empty interior where the former display cabinets had been. The only old furnishing remaining is the ancient font, though there are also many good fragments of late 15th century stained glass in the east window and the traceries of several others.
Since this last visit in 2006 the church has been revived in a similar role to it's days as a museum as the Hungate Centre for Medieval Art, focussing on the art of stained glass.
For more information on the church prior to this see Simon Knott's entry on his Norfolk Churches website below:-
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/norwichpeterhungate/norwichpete...
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.
Heritage listed
St Peter's Church demonstrates the principal characteristics of a regional timber Gothic Revival church and retains its original furniture and fittings.
Information from its heritage listing on the Queensland EPA heritage web site at www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=6000...;
No, it's not upside down. This is a depiction of the tradition that St Peter, being crucified asked to be crucifued upside down so as not to be like Jesus.
The Minster is dedicated to St Peter.
C14th stained glass York Minster.
This is St. Peter in Chains Cathedral, the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, located along Plum Street in Downtown Cincinnati. Designed by architect Henry Walter, it was built between 1841 and 1845, the Greek Revival-style Church was the first Church of its size west of the Appalachian Mountains, and was built when the city was the only major population center not on the east coast. The church features a single white limestone spire above the main entry, with minimal details, which rises 224 feet above Plum Street, which was the tallest structure in the city for much of the 19th Century. Below the spire and around the front entryway is a colonnade 33 feet high, which encloses the portico on the front of the church, and Corinthian capitals that are unique in their appearance. The interior features Greek-themed mosaics, Corinthian columns, and large bronze doors, which sets it apart from most other Catholic cathedrals in the United States. The church is the third to be home to the diocese, having been originally located in the city’s first Catholic Church, known as Christ Church, before moving to the old St. Peter’s Cathedral in 1826. Within a decade, the old church was too small for the growing Catholic population of the city, and plans for the current church were put forth. By the 1930s, however, the church had become dilapidated and needed many repairs, leading to the diocese moving uptown to St. Monica’s Church in CUF in 1938, and the church’s decline continued for the next decade and a half as it was used as a parish church. However, in the mid-1950s, major work was undertaken on the structure under the leadership of Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter, and the church was restored, renovated, and expanded, modernizing the old structure and allowing the archdiocese to return to it, with rededication as a cathedral occurring in 1957. The church was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973, and continues to be the seat of the Catholic Church in Cincinnati, which has long had a large Catholic population and is home to many spectacular parish churches and institutional buildings associated with the church.
The church of St Peter at Glenfield is an 1874 replacement for the medieval church which survives as a ruin nearby in the churchyard, now almost completely engulfed by ivy and barely recognisable.
The Victorian church is vaguely cruciform with a pyramid-capped central tower sitting over small transepts and a shallow chancel beyond whilst the nave is a larger space. The fittings are all contemporary with the building apart from the fragments of a 15th century tomb brought in from the old church. The stained glass is by Heaton, Butler & Bayne.
St Peter's is usually kept locked outside of service times. For more information see the link below:-
St Peter, Papworth Everard, Cambridgeshire
From Yelling we headed east across the pre-1974 border into Papworth Everard itself, a busy little town almost entirely of the 20th and 21st Centuries. It originally grew as a colony for TB victims, and the hospital, which now specialises in heart problems, is the biggest employer for miles around. There has been a great wave of recent low rise research HQs and social housing apartments. Under the circumstances it is not surprising that the parish church, perched on a ridge at the highest point of the town, looks rather small for its town, despite considerable restoration in the 19th Century.
The first sight is a curiosity - a north tower porch. You step through it into a jewel-like interior. There is some good Powell & Co glass in the nave. The chancel is delightful, a late 19th Century delicacy. It was striking that the furnishings both here and at Yelling are the same in design, and appear to have been an early 20th Century attempt to copy the old benches at Croxton, a couple of miles off.
I liked the church a lot, though not as much as I liked Yelling and I am sure it would not be to everyone's taste.
St. Peter's Church (Danish: St. Petri Kirke, German: St.-Petri-Kirche) is the parish church of the German-speaking community in Copenhagen, Denmark. Built as a single-nave church in the mid-15th century, it is the oldest building in central Copenhagen. It is also notable for its extensive complex of sepulchral chapels.
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.
The church is built on Vatican Hill, across the Tiber river from the historic center of Rome. This location is highly symbolic: this was the site where Saint Peter, the chief apostle, died a martyr and where he was buried in 64 AD. St. Peter is considered the first pope, so it made perfect sense for the papacy to build the principal shrine of the Catholic church here.
St Peter's Church, Heysham Village.
Further information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Heysham
St Peter's Anglican Church in Nimmitabel, NSW Australia. Build of the church was completed between 1878 and 1882. One of the very few churches I have seen with a Colourbond roof!
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St Peter's Church, Heysham Village.
Further information at en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Peter%27s_Church,_Heysham
As part of the Heritage Open Day Weekend, St Peter's Maney Church and Vicarage were open to the public.
The Church is a Grade 2 Listed Building, consecrated in 1905. The vicarage is slightly newer, dating back to 1912
The interior of this church is amazing to see.
www.inyourpocket.com/lithuania/vilnius/sightseeing/church...
Vilnius is the capital city of Lithuania. At the time of our visit Lithuania held the presidency of the European Union, and a big conference was being held in the city. Add to that the fact that the annual Marathon was taking place on the Sunday getting around was interesting,
The Old Town was declared a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1994, and Vilnius was the European Capital of Culture in 2009.