St Peter's Church, Thorner
St. Peter's Church | |
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Church of Saint Peter | |
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Location | Thorner, West Yorkshire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Church of England |
History | |
Status | Parish Church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II listed building |
Specifications | |
Materials | limestone tower, gritstone chancel with stone slate roof |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Leeds |
Archdeaconry | Leeds |
Parish | Thorner with Scarcroft |
St. Peter's Church in Thorner, West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.
History
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The church has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the street was largely reconstructed in 1855 by Mallinson and Healey.[1]
Architectural style
Exterior
The church has a limestone tower, a gritstone chancel and a stone slate roof. The church is of a perpendicular style with a west tower, a south porch and a chancel embraced by north and south chapels. The tower is of two stages with angled buttresses with offsets and an octagonal clock face.[2]
Interior
The church has arched arcades with octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The north chapel has an organ. The south chapel has wall tablets and a heraldic memorial to John Savill. The church is furnished with 19th century pews and choir stalls with carved poppyheads.[3]
See also
References
- ^ "Church of St Peter, Thorner". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Church of St Peter, Thorner". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
- ^ "Church of St Peter, Thorner". British Listed Buildings. Retrieved 2016-06-18.
External links
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