View the stained glass windows here.
St Peter's is one of the finest early Gothic Revival churches in the UK, built between 1824-1828 by Sir Charles Barry, who later designed the Houses of Parliament.
Barry designed an ambitious tower to provide a termination to the north end of the Old Steine. The lower part of the tower has a buttressed screen with flying buttresses at the four corners, allowing for three high entrances. The interior is less impressive, but St Peter's nevertheless became the parish church of Brighton in 1873.
This picture is taken from York Place.
The next two pictures were taken in February 2005, the first from the corner of London Road and Cheapside. The change in style, and, by the looks of it, stone colour, for the chancel extension (added by Somers Clark in 1907) is most unattractive to my eye.
And this one from the gardens directly south of the building.
The following pictures were taken on a return visit in 2006 to photograph the interior. The first view is of the nave looking east.
The chancel with the organ to the north.
The South Chapel.
The organ was made by Father Henry Willis built in 1888, the same year his fine instrument in Truro Cathedral was built; the two having very similar specifications. It was originally installed in the Hampstead Conservatoire but was moved by the builder to St Peter's in 1905.
The chancel ceiling is beautifully decorated.
The pulpit with the light making a rather nice design on the floor.
The font.
The stained glass windows are shown on a separate page, click here or on the thumbnail below.
There is a photo of the high altar taken in 1910 in my Postcard Album.
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