Location Nottingham Denomination Church of England Website nottinghamchurches.org Height 46 m Dedication Saint Peter | Country England Churchmanship Broad church Heritage designation Grade I listed Phone +44 115 948 3658 | |
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Address St Peter's Gate, Nottingham NG1 2NW, UK Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham Similar St Mary's Church - Nottingham, St Nicholas' Church, All Saints' Church - Nottingham, Flying Horse Inn, Nottingham Cathedral Profiles | ||
St peter s church nottingham uk 24th april 2013
St Peter's Church, Nottingham is an Anglican parish church in the city of Nottingham.
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- St peter s church nottingham uk 24th april 2013
- Area bands performing wonderful world at st peter s church nottingham
- History
- Music
- Choir
- Concerts
- Organ
- Organists
- References
The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.
Formally it is the church of St Peter with St James. It is part of the parish of All Saints', St Mary's and St Peter's, Nottingham.
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History
St Peter's is one of the three mediaeval parish churches in Nottingham, the others being St Mary's and St Nicholas'. The parish of St. James' Church, Standard Hill, founded in 1807 was united with St Peter's in 1933 and the official title "St Peter with St James" came into being. (St James's was demolished a few years later; some monuments from St James's are preserved in St Peter's.)
The church shows traces of many stages of construction from about 1180 onwards (the original church of around 1100 was destroyed by fire).
Music
St Peter's has a new organ, a choir and a series of Saturday morning concerts. The Organist & Director of Music since 2007 is Peter Siepmann.
Choir
The choral tradition at St Peter's was developed by Vincent Trivett (Organist 1906-1947), Kendrick Partington (Organist 1957-1994) and others. The choir sings in church every Sunday and frequently has concert performances. The choir often sings in other churches and cathedrals across the UK and abroad. This began with a visit to Lichfield Cathedral in 1969. In 2008 the choir sang the services for several days at Westminster Abbey.
Concerts
St Peter's has a regular series of Saturday morning 'coffee break' concerts. These were started in 1988. The church also occasionally hosts more formal evening performances.
Organ
The first organ since the Commonwealth period was installed by Lincoln in 1812. This was enlarged by Lloyd and Dudgeon in 1863 and has been adapted and restored several times since by E. Wragg & Son, Henry Willis & Sons and Hill, Norman & Beard. In 1952, much of the organ of St Columba, Mansfield Road was incorporated into the St Peter's instrument.
A new organ was installed in 2010, and combines some ranks of new and re-used pipes with digital simulations of most stops. It is situated in the North-East corner of the church, retaining a historic eighteenth century case. The organ has been designed as a recital instrument, and to provide support for congregational singing, as well as accompanying the church's choir.
Organists
There are notes of payments to organists in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries