St Peter's Church, Cambridge
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St Peter's Church is situated on the west side of Castle Street
, Cambridge
. To the west is Honey Hill
and St Peter's Street is to the north. On the south side of the churchyard is Kettle's Yard
art gallery. It is in the Anglican Diocese of Ely
.
St Peter's is a single-cell church with a west tower and an octagonal 14th century spire with dormers. Construction is of stone rubble with pebble for the tower and ashlar for the spire. The church was rebuilt on a reduced scale in 1781, although there are several surviving medieval details. It has a 13th century south doorway, and a 12th century font, decorated with mermen
at the angles.
The church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
.
Castle Street, Cambridge
Castle Street is a street in the north of central Cambridge, England. To the southeast is a junction with Northampton Street, Magdalene Street, and Chesterton Lane...
, Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
. To the west is Honey Hill
Honey Hill
Honey Hill is a hill in the city of Cambridge, England. It is located southwest of Castle Hill on the other side of Castle Street. To the south is Northampton Street.Honey Hill Mews is now located here....
and St Peter's Street is to the north. On the south side of the churchyard is Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard
Kettle's Yard is an art gallery and house in Cambridge, England.- History and overview :Kettle's Yard was originally the Cambridge home of Jim Ede and his wife Helen. Moving to Cambridge in 1956, they converted four small cottages into one idiosyncratic house and a place to display Ede's collection...
art gallery. It is in the Anglican Diocese of Ely
Diocese of Ely
The Diocese of Ely is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Ely, who sits at Ely Cathedral in Ely. There is one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon. The diocese now covers Cambridgeshire and western Norfolk...
.
St Peter's is a single-cell church with a west tower and an octagonal 14th century spire with dormers. Construction is of stone rubble with pebble for the tower and ashlar for the spire. The church was rebuilt on a reduced scale in 1781, although there are several surviving medieval details. It has a 13th century south doorway, and a 12th century font, decorated with mermen
Merman
Mermen are mythical male equivalents of mermaids – legendary creatures who have the form of a human from the waist up and are fish-like from the waist down.-Mythology:...
at the angles.
The church is now in the care of the Churches Conservation Trust
Churches Conservation Trust
The Churches Conservation Trust, which was initially known as the Redundant Churches Fund, is a charity whose purpose is to protect historic churches at risk, those that have been made redundant by the Church of England. The Trust was established by the Pastoral Measure of 1968...
.
External links
- St Peter's Church at the Churches Conservation Trust website
- St Peter's Church, Cambridgeshire Churches Site
- CCT information for teachers
- Church at Castle parish
- 'The city of Cambridge: Churches', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge (1959)