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St Peter's Church, Thorner

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Country
  
England

Archdeaconry
  
Leeds

Status
  
Parish church

Province
  
Province of York

Denomination
  
Church of England

Phone
  
+44 113 289 2437

Diocese
  
Anglican Diocese of Leeds

Heritage designation
  
Listed building

St Peter's Church, Thorner

Location
  
Thorner, West Yorkshire

Materials
  
limestone tower, gritstone chancel with stone slate roof

Address
  
Church View, Thorner LS14 3ED, UK

Similar
  
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St. Peter's Church in Thorner , West Yorkshire, England is an active Anglican parish church in the archdeaconry of Leeds and the Diocese of Leeds.

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History

The church has a 15th-century tower, the rest of the street was largely reconstructed in 1855 by Mallinson and Healey.

Exterior

The church has a limestone tower, a gritstone chancel and a stone slate roof. The church is of a perpendicular style with a west tower, a south porch and a chancel embraced by north and south chapels. The tower is of two stages with angled buttresses with offsets and an octagonal clock face.

Interior

The church has arched arcades with octagonal piers with moulded capitals. The north chapel has an organ. The south chapel has wall tablets and a heraldic memorial to John Savill. The church is furnished with 19th century pews and choir stalls with carved poppyheads.

References

St Peter's Church, Thorner Wikipedia