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Dove Bell ID: 59388 Tower ID: 23140 - View Tower Listed: No Canons: Removed Cracked: No
Sacriston: St Peter
Overview
Grid reference: NZ 238 473
The church was built in 1866 to designs by T C Ebdy. The north aisle was added in 1888 by Oliver and Leeson at the same time as a parish room extending to the south of the chancel. The south aisle was added by the same architects in 1897. The church is located on the rise of the church yard but has no vertical emphasis of its own. The nave is tall with low leaning aisles to the north and south. The chancel roof is slightly lower than the nave and a gable has been created for the east face of the apse to allow for a larger east window.
Visiting and facilities
Building is closed for worship
Building
Ground Plan Description and Dimensions
Ground plan:
Aisled nave, apsidal chancel, choir and clergy vestries and south porch.
Dimensions:
Nave and aisles c 24m (79ft) x 18m (59ft)
Description of Archaeology and History
The church was built in 1866 to designs by T C Ebdy. The north aisle was added in 1888 by Oliver and Leeson at the same time as a parish room extending to the south of the chancel (now utilised as the organ chamber). The south aisle was added by the same architects in 1897.
Exterior Description
The church is located on the rise of the church yard but has no vertical emphasis of its own. The nave is tall with low leaning aisles to the north and south. The chancel roof is slightly lower than the nave and a gable has been created for the east face of the apse to allow for a larger east window. The chancel has vestries to the north and south, the former with a low pitched roof and the latter with a taller pitch and the look of a transept.
The fenestration varies with examples of plate tracery and prevalence of paired lancets. The west elevation has a large rose window over three thin single lancets. Short buttresses divide the aisles from the nave and each of the aisles has pointed arched windows containing two lancets and a small vesica tracery light. The small bell is hung in a frame at the top of the gable which is surmounted by a cross finial.
The north aisle has five bays of equal paired lancets. The north elevation of the vestry has a pair of lancets, taller than the aisle and a small roundel above. A further smaller lancet is positioned to the east of the gable and a shouldered door to the west. The east side of the vestry has another small lancet in the lower right corner and a door to the left leading to the boiler house.
The chancel has three faces, the outer two each with a single lancet and sexfoil over and the central with a three light stepped lancet window and quatrefoils and sexfoil over. All the windows have hoodmoulds and square stops and each face is divided from the next by diagonal buttresses with two offsets.
Moving to the south elevation, a transept style extension was added in 1888 and this has a taller pitch than the corresponding vestry on the north face and extends more prominently. There is a small shouldered external door next to the chancel in the east wall with four steps to it. The south elevation has a tall paired lancet window with a quatrefoil roundel above.
Four bays of the south aisle are visible and these echo the lancet style. The fifth bay to the west is occupied by the porch which has a separate pitched roof cutting slightly into the aisle roof. The sides of the porch have large trefoil openings contained in rounded triangles and low wide buttresses. The arch to the doorway is more decorative than any other detailing on the exterior of the church and has paired columns with foliate detail on the capitals and carved head stops to the hood.
Building Fabric and Features
Stained Glass
1908
Chancel, central east. Three light with two quatrefoils and a sexfoil rose overhead. The Ascension.
Stained Glass
1904
Chancel, north. Single light with a sexfoil rose. The Annunciation. Dorothy Hunter
Stained Glass
1876
Chancel, south. Single light with a sexfoil rose. Simeon and baby Jesus Edward Ivison Hunter.
Stained Glass
1908
Nave, south aisle. Two light. St Aidan and St Cuthbert Cuthbert George Sacriston Bartley, known as Boy, died March 1908 aged 5 ¼ years. One light given by relatives and Sacriston friends the other by grandparents Sir G G T Bartley K C B and Lady Bartley.
Stained Glass
1937
Nave south aisle. Two light. Jesus healing Jairus’ daughter. 1937 Jones and Willis. In memory of John Hill Ross Garson died July 1934, aged 69 years; 46 years general practitioner in Sacriston.
Stained Glass
Nave west wall. Two light. St John and St Luke
Stained Glass
1921
Nave north aisle. Two light. WWI memorial window. 1921 Philip Bennison. Christ in the right light and a soldier in the left.
Stained Glass
1962
Nave north aisle. Two light. 1962 Stanley M Scott. Scenes from St Peter’s life. Brass plaque below: In memory of Maud M Hedley and her daughter Doris Stoddart 1962.
Stained Glass
Nave north aisle. Two light, only the left hand glazed. King David. In memory of Mary Ann Lumsdon died 25th Feb 1908 aged 40 years
Building Materials
Sandstone
Interior
Interior Description
Moving inside, the church is pewed with simple Victorian panel backed benches except for the south aisle which is set with round tables and chairs. There is a stark difference in the north and south arcades. The north has relatively thin columns supporting wide square capitals with elaborate carvings, the arches are austere and finish against the chancel wall with two small columns. The south arcade is far more graceful, with plain octagonal columns blending into the chamfers of the arches without any capitals. The result is a more open airy aspect the south. The stonework of both arcades and the chancel arch is exposed.
The east end of the south aisle connects to the organ chamber with three stepped pointed arches decreasing in height to the south wall; the organ pipes are displayed within these and below the smallest arch is a shouldered doorway. Access to the vestry from the north aisle is through a pointed arched doorway.
The organ display pipes fill both north and south archways in the chancel and the organ casing itself reaches to full height in the ‘transept’; the roof in this room has a double scissor-truss. The nave roof king posts, tie beams and arch braces. The flooring in the church is mostly carpeted in red although there is a tiled floor in the chancel.
Fixtures and fittings
Altar
Sturdy oak table with wide end panels and a central support.
Reredos
Oak panels with carved tracery details in the upper sections and brattishing.
Pulpit
Hexagonal oak pulpit with panelled sides set with Tudor arches, the lower sections blind, the upper sections open with paired cusped lights and mouchette tracery.
Lectern
Wooden eagle on octagonal column, paired octagonal columns supporting the book rest.
Font (object)
Large stone circular bowl and stem, the stem almost as wide as the bowl. Dominated by enormous circular plinth. Minimal decoration.
Organ (object)
1901
Three manual (mechanical) and pedal (pneumatic) instrument of 27 speaking stops by Harrison and Harrison of Durham in 1901. A combination of two older organs one from Sacriston and the other from St Mark’s Wolverhampton.
Rail
Tripartite hinged wooden rail, supported on plain wooden stanchions.
Plaque (object)
Nave south aisle. Marble plaque on marble surround. Lieut J R Brass 8th D. L. I., Assistant manager of the Charlaw and Sacristan Collieries who fell in the battle of Ypres. 26th April 1915.
Plaque (object)
Nave south aisle. Marble plaque on marble surround. Frank Darling died 3rd September 1913 aged 20 years.
Plaque (object)
Nave south west corner. Brass on wood. Edward J Farrow who with his shipmates lost their lives by the wreck of HM C ‘Active’ November 15th 1901
Bells
Churchyard
Grid reference: NZ 238 473
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.
It is unknown whether 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.
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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