Deanery Tiverton | Phone +44 1884 242991 Archdeaconry Exeter | |
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Address St Peter's Street, Tiverton EX16 6RP, UK Similar Tiverton Museum of Mid Devo, Knightshayes Court, Tiverton Castle, St Paul's Church - Tiverton, Devon Railway Centre | ||
St Peter's Church, Tiverton is a Grade I listed parish church in the Church of England in Tiverton, Devon.
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History
The church dates from the 15th century. Several restorations have been undertaken, in 1825–1829 by G.A. Boyce, and in 1853–1856 by Edward Ashworth of Exeter.
The church was described by Nikolaus Pevsner as "a gorgeously ostentatious display of civic pride". The building was designated as Grade I listed in 1952.
Rev. Samuel Wesley, Junior is buried here.
Organ
The earliest records of organs in the church are in 1524, but the current organ dates from 1696 by Christian Smith. There have been subsequent modifications by Andrews and Shirland (1711), John Snetzler (1770), Henry Willis (1867) and Noel Mander (1967). A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
The church is noted as being the location of the first performance of Mendelssohn's "Wedding March" which was performed by Samuel Reay at the wedding of Dorothy Carew and Tom Daniel on 2 June 1847.