Nominal: 653 Hz Weight: 2303 lbs Diameter: 47.88" Bell 1 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 864 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Bournemouth: St Peter
Diocese of Winchester
Major Parish Church, 641186
http://www.stpetersbournemouth.org.ukOverview
Grid reference: SZ 88 912
Visiting and facilities
Building is open for worship
Church normally open between 9am and 5pm every day of the week. The café is open between 10.30am and 2pm Tuesday to Saturday. Services on Sundays, and Monday and Thursday mornings. Facilities include toilets (accessible), baby change facilities, ramped entrance, and large print books. The church has bell ringing, an organ, and a regular choir, as well as a Sunday school and other organised activities for children.
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Five-bay nave with north and south aisles; choir with north and south transepts; chancel with north and south chapels; vestries to north of north transept; a western narthex, transeptal, but not projecting beyond the aisles; south-west porch; west tower and spire.
Footprint of Church buildings: 1176 m²
Description of Archaeology and History
The building of the first permanent church came in 1841-5. Dedicated to St. Peter, the architect was John Tulloch of Wimborne. In 1845 the Revd, Alexander Morden Bennett was appointed Perpetual Curate and, from that moment, the, expansion of Bournemouth into a flourishing seaside town, and the building up of its religious life went hand in hand. Bennett's first building enterprise at St Peter's was to add a new south aisle. This was built in 1851, to the design of Edmund Pierce. In 1853 Bennett commissioned G.E. Street to build a much larger church - the building to be sprelad over a fairly long period of time, as the population increased and more money became available. Street first added the nave and north aisle leaving the south aisle intact. The choir and sanctuary, transepts, and chancel chapels followed in 1860-4.
Exterior Description
A noteworthy feature of the exterior is the polychromatic use of different stones in the clerestorey. The tower and spire form a focal townscape point within Bournemouth.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1864
South window of south chapel: William Morris and Burne-Jones
Stained Glass
1852-7
South aisle windows have their original stained glass of 1852-7 by Wailes.
Stained Glass
1866
East window: Clayton & Bell,
Stained Glass
19th Century (Various)
North window of north transept (1874), tower west window (1880), and tower south window (1881) also by Clayton and Bell.
Stained Glass
1915
East window of north sanctuary chapel. By Comper.
Interior
Interior Description
Inside the proportions are good and paintings by Clayton and Bell above the chancel arch and in the spandrels of the arcades help to unify architectural space and prevent it from seeming over long. A most distinctive feature of the interior is the Western narthex, rather like the ante-chapel to a college chapel, with its great arch separating it from the nave - a reminiscence of Bristol cathedral, where Street had rebuilt the nave.
The comparative austerity of the nave leads on to the great richness and splendour of the eastern parts of the church: The sanctuary roof is rib-vaulted, and that of the choir has a wooden-barrel vault: both were decorated by Bodley (1891) in his characteristic colours, with censing angels and stars on the Vault of the sanctuary.
Fixtures and fittings
Reredos
By T.W. Earp, recoloured by Comper in 1929
Rail
1915
By Comper
Wall Painting
1886
Sanctuary. By Clayton & Bell.
Wall Painting
1899
Sanctuary. By Clayton & Bell.
Screen
1915
North transept screen by Comper
Pulpit
Designed by Street and carved by Earp. Shown in the Great EXhibition of 1862
Font (object)
1855
By Street
Bells
Nominal: 1308 Hz Weight: 562 lbs Diameter: 28" Bell 2 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12181 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1232 Hz Weight: 616 lbs Diameter: 29" Bell 3 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12182 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 1098.5 Hz Weight: 657 lbs Diameter: 30.5" Bell 4 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12183 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 979 Hz Weight: 815 lbs Diameter: 33.13" Bell 5 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12184 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 872 Hz Weight: 1044 lbs Diameter: 36.38" Bell 6 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12185 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 822.5 Hz Weight: 1222 lbs Diameter: 38.5" Bell 7 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12186 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 733 Hz Weight: 1682 lbs Diameter: 43" Bell 8 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12187 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Nominal: 776.5 Hz Weight: 1089 lbs Diameter: 38" Bell 9 of 9
Founded by John Taylor & Co 1937
Dove Bell ID: 12188 Tower ID: 13734 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Churchyard
Grid reference: SZ 88 912
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 has war graves.
National Heritage record for England designations
Environment
Ancient, Veteran & Notable Trees
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.
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.
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.
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