St Peter's Church, Crewe

St Peter's Church, Crewe
St Peter's Church, Crewe Location in Cheshire
53°05′54″N 2°26′00″W / 53.0982°N 2.4332°W / 53.0982; -2.4332
OS grid reference	SJ 711 558
Location	Earle Street, Crewe, Cheshire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Peter, Crewe
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Saint Peter
Dedicated	5 May 1923
Consecrated	29 April 1931
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	14 June 1984
Architect(s)	J. Brooke and C. E. Elcock
Architectural type	Church
Groundbreaking	1914
Completed	1923; 100 years ago (1923)
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, slate roof
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Chester
Archdeaconry	Macclesfield
Deanery	Nantwich
Parish	St Peter, Crewe
Clergy
Vicar(s)	Revd Oliver Igwe
Curate(s)	Rev’d Peter Bennett
Laity
Reader(s)	Jim Shepherd
Churchwarden(s)	Joan Maltus

St Peter's Church is in Earle Street, Crewe, Cheshire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Nantwich, the archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the diocese of Chester. Its benefice is combined with that of All Saints and St Paul, Crewe.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

St Peter's began as a prefabricated mission church to St Paul's, Crewe, in 1894. In 1912 the structure was moved and re-erected elsewhere, being dedicated to All Saints the following year.^[3] Building of the present church began in 1914 and was completed in 1923. The architects were J. Brooke and C. E. Elcock.^[4] Construction of the church was delayed because of funding problems caused by the First World War. The new church was dedicated on 5 May 1923. St Peter's became a separate parish in its own right in 1931, and was consecrated on 29 April of that year.^[3]

Architecture

The church is constructed in red sandstone ashlar with a green slate roof. From the west its plan consists of a narthex, a two-bay baptistry with narrow aisles, which leads to a three-bay nave with wider aisles, then a two-bay chancel with an organ chamber on the north and a vestry on the south. Each bay of the wider aisles is gabled, the gables containing Perpendicular-style windows interspersed with lancet windows containing stained glass. On the west gable is a double bellcote surmounted by a cross finial.^[2][4]

Inside the church, behind the altar, is a reredos carved with The Last Supper. The chancel contains a sedilia and choir stalls. The pulpit is in oak.^[2] The stained glass includes windows by D. Brookes of Weirs Glass dating from the middle of the 20th century, and an earlier window in the baptistry depicting Saint Peter.^[4] The organ was built in 1932 by Whiteley, and modified in 1984 by Sixsmith.^[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Crewe

References

This page was last edited on 1 September 2023, at 20:10