St Peter's Church ~ Mawdesley
St Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Peter's Church was designed in 1838 by a famous architect named Edmund Sharpe from Lancaster. Building work started in 1839 and finished in 1840. Back then, it cost about £950 to build, which was a lot of money at the time!
St Peter's Church is built from sandstone and has a roof made of slate. It has a long main hall called a nave and a special area at the front called a chancel. There's also a tall, thin tower at the west end of the church.
On the north side of the church, the end section of the nave has a pointed roof (a gable) and tall, narrow windows called lancet windows. On the south side, there's an arched doorway. The other parts of the church have tall, rectangular windows with two sections.
The large window at the east end of the church has five sections and is in a style called "Perpendicular Gothic."
In the churchyard, which is the area around the church, you can find the graves of three soldiers from World War I and one airman from World War II. These are looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
VOCES8 performs 'O Salutaris Hostia' by Ēriks Ešenvalds in the VOCES8 Centre in London. Ešenvalds’ setting is striking in its simplicity and beauty: long, arching soprano lines soar above luminous choral textures, gradually unfolding to a moment of ecstatic intensity before returning to quiet devotion. In just a few minutes, the piece captures both the intimacy of prayer and the transcendence of faith.
Paul.
St Peter's Church is in High Street in the village of Mawdesley, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.
St Peter's Church was designed in 1838 by a famous architect named Edmund Sharpe from Lancaster. Building work started in 1839 and finished in 1840. Back then, it cost about £950 to build, which was a lot of money at the time!
St Peter's Church is built from sandstone and has a roof made of slate. It has a long main hall called a nave and a special area at the front called a chancel. There's also a tall, thin tower at the west end of the church.
On the north side of the church, the end section of the nave has a pointed roof (a gable) and tall, narrow windows called lancet windows. On the south side, there's an arched doorway. The other parts of the church have tall, rectangular windows with two sections.
The large window at the east end of the church has five sections and is in a style called "Perpendicular Gothic."
In the churchyard, which is the area around the church, you can find the graves of three soldiers from World War I and one airman from World War II. These are looked after by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
VOCES8 performs 'O Salutaris Hostia' by Ēriks Ešenvalds in the VOCES8 Centre in London. Ešenvalds’ setting is striking in its simplicity and beauty: long, arching soprano lines soar above luminous choral textures, gradually unfolding to a moment of ecstatic intensity before returning to quiet devotion. In just a few minutes, the piece captures both the intimacy of prayer and the transcendence of faith.
Paul.
