Nominal: 751 Hz Weight: 1359 lbs Diameter: 40.13" Bell 1 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 3923 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Bramley: St Peter
Diocese of Leeds
Church, 646103
http://www.bramleyparish.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: SE 245 350
Stylistically the church is an essay in Middle Pointed, quite restrained except for the powerful silhouette of the spire. The aisle windows have two lights with a circlet in the head enclosing an eight-petalled opening, a motif of some originality in this context. The main lights have attached colonettes at the sides, with foliated capitals; the hood-moulds also have foliated terminals and emphasis is given to the windows by voussoirs of parti-coloured dark and light stone.
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Bell ringing Live music and concerts Regular choir Wheelchair access ramp available Visitor toilets, baby changing facilities and parking available Assistance dogs welcome
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Nave with transepts and north and south aisles, chancel with south vestry; north-west tower with spire; organ chamber at the east end of the north aisle.
Footprint of Church buildings: 771 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
Perkin and Backhouse 1861. It should be added here that the work of these two architects in partnership appears to have been little studied, but even a cursory consideration of it shows that it was both consistently original and of high quality. They were responsible for the churches of Hunslet St. Mary (1862-4) and Hunslet St. Peter and important secular buildings by them included the Mechanics Institute in Bradford (demolished) and the Prison at Armley (1847).
Exterior Description
Built of the local stone, like many of the other buildings in the parish and in Leeds. Slate roof coverings.
Stylistically the church is an essay in Middle Pointed, quite restrained except for the powerful silhouette of the spire. The aisle windows have two lights with a circlet in the head enclosing an eight-petalled opening, a motif of sone originality in this context. The main lights have attached colonettes at the sides, with foliated capitals; the hood-moulds also have foliated terminals and emphasis is given to the windows by voussoirs of parti-coloured dark and light stone.
The tower is of three stages, attached at the west to the north flank of the north aisle. The base forms a porch, and there is blank arcading on the east and west sides. The middle stage also has arcading , loftier and trefoiled and with the middle opening pierced with a six-lobed device. Then comes the belfry stage with two linked tiers of openings, louvred of course (which adds to the dramatic effect always) and with a powerful zigzag hood-moulding over. At the four corners of the tower strongly projecting symbols of the Evangelists, a very good feature, and pinnacles. The parapet is pierced with quatrefoils. The spire is eight-sided, with gables enfolding lucarnes on the north and south sides.
At the east end of the north aisle is a transeptal projection, and then what appears externally as a north chancel chapel with an east window of two main lights and three spherical triangles in the head. All the lights are cusped. The north sanctuary window is similar, but taller, and (and this is an interesting feature) above it is a gablet projecting above the pierced stone parapet and with blank tracery.
At the corner of the chancel are diagonal buttresses with, instead of set-offs, steeply sloping shoulders and gabled top with ball - flower ornament. The east window has three distinct lights, rather slender and with the cusped spherical triangle motif in the head, and attached colonettes either side of each light with vigorous foliated capitals. The lights are linked at the top by a nice rhythmic hood-moulding and the parti-coloured bands of light and dark coloured stones. Above the east window proper is a vesica- shaped opening. The gable is steep, and retains its original elaborate gable cross.
On the south side of the chancel is the vestry, with a smaller but equally steep gable and a pleasing east window composition of two trefoiled main lights and big trefoils in the head.
The porch is also quite ambitious, the side walls pierced by three openings; these are lancet-shaped, and have again the colonettes with foliage capitals - exceedingly well carved - and carvings of foliage in low relief in the roundels above and between.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
Chancel east window. Possibly by Wailes of Newcastle.
Stained Glass
1910
Chancel south window. By Percy Bacon and Brothers, London.
Stained Glass
1870
South transept. By Wailes of Newcastle
Stained Glass
South aisle. The east of the two south aisle windows probably by Hardman.
Stained Glass
1874
North transept The two lancets and the roundel are by William Morris and Co., 1874, and depict the Seven Works of Mercy.
Stained Glass
North aisle The eastern window is probably also by William Morris and Co., but later than the north transept window.
Stained Glass
West nave window. The middle window by Preedy.
Stained Glass
The big west window is by Powell of Leeds.
Interior
Interior Description
The interior is an example of unspoilt High Victorian Churchmanship in the arrangement of its furnishings. Pitch-pine abounds, both in the pews (which retain their doors) and the gallery which extends right across the western bay.
The nave is lofty and, in spite of the big peculiarly-shaped sexfoil clerestory windows, rather dark. The arcades are of four bays, with a wider and taller opening for the transepts. The capitals of the columns are of unusual magnificence, even for a High Victorian church of this quality, and consist of deeply undercut foliage. The roof is a design which repays some study, both for the way in which the clerestory lights are accommodated by substantial curved timbers forming triangular inner openings and for the great wagon-wheels (though without spokes) over the tie-beams which seen, as it were, a substitute for king-posts.
Fixtures and fittings
Font (object)
A stone octagonal bowl, richly diapered, supported on eight colonettes of stone and marble alternately.
Pulpit
A heavy stone piece, five sides of a hexagon, with statues of the Evangelists.
Organ (object)
The case towards the north transept is good. The case in the choir seems later. The instrument is a big one, of three manuals, by the local firm of James J. Binns of Bramley, Leeds.
Candlestick
c.1860s
The High Altar candlesticks are magnificent, and seem to be of the 1860's.
Altar Cross
c.1900
Set with four circlets of green bloodstones and the Agnus Dei set in lapis lazuli in the centre. The arms and stems are chased with a vine trail.
Bells
Nominal: 1506 Hz Weight: 357 lbs Diameter: 24.13" Bell 2 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27973 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1417 Hz Weight: 392 lbs Diameter: 25.13" Bell 3 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27974 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1265 Hz Weight: 435 lbs Diameter: 26.38" Bell 4 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27975 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1126 Hz Weight: 477 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 5 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27976 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 1002 Hz Weight: 587 lbs Diameter: 30.38" Bell 6 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27977 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 947 Hz Weight: 718 lbs Diameter: 32.38" Bell 7 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27978 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Nominal: 844 Hz Weight: 966 lbs Diameter: 36" Bell 8 of 8
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1923
Dove Bell ID: 27979 Tower ID: 10218 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Turnings: unturned Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SE 245 350
Burial and War Grave Information
It is unknown whether the building is consecrated.
It is unknown whether the churchyard has been used for burial.
It is unknown whether the churchyard is used for burial.
The churchyard is closed for burial by order in council.
The date of the burial closure order is 17/02/1988
The churchyard has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
There are no records of National Heritage assets within the curtilage of this site.
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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There are no records of Ancient, Veteran or Notable Trees within the curtilage of this site.
Renewables
| Renewable | Installed |
|---|---|
| Solar PV Panels | No |
| Solar Thermal Panels | No |
| Biomass | No |
| Wind Turbine | No |
| Air Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ground Source Heat Pump | No |
| Ev Charging | No |
Species summary
There are no records of species within the curtilage of this site.
Caring for God's Acre is a conservation charity working to support groups and individuals to investigate, care for, and enjoy the wildlife and heritage treasures found within churchyards and other burial grounds. Look on their website for information and advice and please contact their staff directly. They can help you manage this churchyard for people and wildlife.
To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
'Seek advice' Species
More information on species and action to be taken upon discovery.
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To learn more about all the species recorded against this church, go to the Burial Ground Portal within the NBN Atlas. You can check the spread of records through the years, discovering what has been recorded and when, plus what discoveries might remain to be uncovered.
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