St Peter's Church, Nottingham

The Church of St Peter with St James
St Peter's Church Nottingham
Coordinates: 52°57′8″N 1°8′55″W / 52.95222°N 1.14861°W / 52.95222; -1.14861
Location	Nottingham
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad church
Website	nottinghamchurches.org
History
Dedication	St Peter
Architecture
Heritage designation	Grade I listed[1]
Specifications
Height	150 feet (46 m)[2]
Administration
Parish	All Saints, St Mary and St Peter
Deanery	Nottingham South
Archdeaconry	Nottingham
Diocese	Southwell and Nottingham
Province	Province of York
Clergy
Rector	Christopher Harrison
Laity
Organist/Director of music	Peter Siepmann
Organist(s)	Michael Leuty, Lee Rooke
Churchwarden(s)	Helena Lord, Keith Mountford

St Peter's Church, Nottingham is an Anglican parish church in the city of Nottingham.

The church is Grade I listed by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport as a building of outstanding architectural or historic interest.^[3]

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.

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).

List of incumbents

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.^[4]

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^[5] 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.^[6]

Organists

There are notes of payments to organists in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries

• 1481-1482 And for 5s paid to the organist (lusori ad organa) in the aforesaid Church in this year.^[7]
• 1516/17 - 1517/18 And for 6s 11d paid to Robert Dowse, organist, at the request of the greater part of the parishioners, in augmentation of his salary.^[8]
• On 25 October 1785, William Bradley was allowed one guinea for teaching the boys to sing.
• Organist paid £12/12 in 1816 but cost was not borne by the church.

See also

• All Saints' Church, Nottingham
• St. Mary's Church, Nottingham

References

• Alfred Stapleton, 1905, Churches and monasteries of old and new Nottingham
• Keith Train, 1981, Train on churches, Nottingham

External links

• Southwell Diocesan Church History Project Website
• Pictures of St.Peter's from Nottingham21
• See St. Peter's Church on Google Street View.

Places of interest in Nottingham
	Historic buildings	All Saints' Church The Bell Inn Canning Terrace City War Memorial Flying Horse Inn Green's Windmill Nottingham Castle Nottingham Council House Nottingham Roman Catholic Cathedral St Mary's Church St Nicholas' Church St Peter's Church Wollaton Hall Ye Olde Salutation Inn Ye Olde Trip To Jerusalem
	Museums, centres and galleries	City of Caves Galleries of Justice Museum Great Central Railway (Nottingham) Green's Windmill Nottingham Castle Nottingham Contemporary Art Gallery Nottingham Industrial Museum Trade Nottingham Natural History Museum Wollaton Hall
	Parks and public spaces	Forest Recreation Ground Highfields Park Old Market Square The Arboretum Wollaton Park
	Theatre and entertainment	Albert Hall Broadway Cinema Capital FM Arena Lace Market Theatre National Ice Centre Nottingham Arts Theatre Nottingham Playhouse Royal Concert Hall Rock City The Cornerhouse Theatre Royal
	Shopping	Broadmarsh Shopping Centre The Exchange Arcade Victoria Shopping Centre
	Transport	Broadmarsh Bus Station Nottingham Express Transit Nottingham Railway Station Victoria Bus Station East Midlands Airport
	Education	Nottingham Trent University Nottingham University Central College New College
	Sport	National Ice Centre National Watersports Centre Nottingham Forest F.C. Notts County F.C. Trent Bridge Cricket Ground Nottingham Racecourse Nottingham Greyhound Stadium