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St Peter's Church, Leicester
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St Peter's Church, Leicester
52°37′48″N 1°06′59.9″W / 52.63000°N 1.116639°W / 52.63000; -1.116639
Location Leicester
Country England
Denomination Church of England
History
Dedication St Peter
Consecrated 16 April 1874
Architecture
Heritage designation Grade II listed
Architect(s) George Edmund Street
Groundbreaking 1872
Completed 1879
Specifications
Bells 1
Administration
Parish Parish of St Peter Highfields, Leicester
Benefice Benefice of St Peter Highfields and St Philip's Leicester
Deanery City of Leicester
Archdeaconry Leicester
Diocese Diocese of Leicester

St Peter's Church, Leicester, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in the Highfields area of Leicester, Leicestershire.

History

The foundation stone was laid on 14 November 1872 by the Bishop of Peterborough. The church was built as a memorial to Richard Curzon-Howe, 1st Earl Howe, and was originally known as the Howe Memorial Church. It was built to the designs of the architect George Edmund Street.

The church was consecrated on 18 April 1874 by the Bishop of Peterborough.

The spire was dismantled in 1968 and the building continued to deteriorate such that by 2014 the tower masonry and roof coverings were in very poor condition, and the building was on the National Buildings at risk register.

Between 2018 and 2021, repairs funded by Heritage Lottery, the Leicester City Council, the Diocese of Leicester and the church's own funds, led to the tower, tower roof, stonework and the main roof being repaired.

Parish status

The church is in a benefice with St Philip's on Evington Road, Leicester.

Organ

The pipe organ was built by Joshua Porritt in 1875. It was extensively modified by Stephen Taylor and Son in 1910. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

Organists

  • William Henry Wale 1874 - 1882
  • Philip Angrave 1882 - 1891
  • Cardinal Taylor 1891 - 1894 (afterwards organist of St Mary's Church, Humberston)
  • Walter Joseph Bunney FRCO 1905 - 1936 (formerly organist of Holy Trinity Church, Leicester)
  • Harold Barnes 1937 - 1946 (afterwards organist of St Mary's Church, Melton Mowbray)
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