St Peter's Church, Seaview
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St. Peter's Church, Seaview | |
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50°43′13″N 01°06′51″W / 50.72028°N 1.11417°W | |
Denomination | Church of England |
Churchmanship | Broad Church |
History | |
Dedication | St. Peter |
Administration | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Portsmouth |
Parish | Seaview, Isle of Wight |
St. Peter's Church, Seaview is a parish church in the Church of England located in Seaview, Isle of Wight.
History
[edit]The church was built in 1859 by the architect Thomas Hellyer.[1] It was built as a chapel of ease, and has a nave of four bays, north aisle, and south porch. The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1907.[2]
The south aisle and Lady Chapel were added as war memorials.[3]
Organ
[edit]The church Originally had a small pipe organ by Bevington, which was added to at the end of the 1800s by Lewis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.
References
[edit]- ^ The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
- ^ 'Parishes: St Helens', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 189–193. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42070 Date accessed: 14 December 2008.
- ^ Ward Lock's Red Guide, ca. 1930