St Peter's Church, Radford is an

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parish church A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the Church (building), church which acts as the religious centre of a parish. In many parts of the world, especially in rural areas, the parish church may play a significant role in com ...

Radford, Nottingham Radford is an inner-city area of Nottingham and former civil parish in the Nottingham district, in the ceremonial county of Nottinghamshire, England, located just outside the city centre. The appropriate ward of the City of Nottingham Council i ...

, located at 171 Hartley Road (St. Peter's Park). It is a Grade II

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as being of special architectural or historic interest.

History

The medieval church was demolished and a new church was built in 1812 at a cost of £2,000 () by the architect Henry Moses Wood. The chancel was rebuilt in 1871–72 to the designs of the architect

Richard Charles Sutton Richard Charles Sutton was an architect based in Nottingham. He was born 1834 and died on 18 October 1915. He was a member of Nottingham City Council from 1887 to 1901. Career He was articled to Samuel Sanders Teulon and commenced independent ...

. The contractors for the new work were Richard Stevenson and Field Weston and the new chancel cost £1340 (). The east window was fitted with stained glass by

Heaton, Butler and Bayne Heaton, Butler and Bayne was a British firm that produced stained-glass windows from 1862 to 1953. History Clement Heaton (1824–1882) Fleming, John & Hugh Honour. (1977) ''The Penguin Dictionary of Decorative Arts. '' London: Allen Lane, p. 371 ...

representing the crucifixion in memory of the late Mr. J. Sherwin Gregory. The new chancel was consecrated on 25 April 1872 by Rt. Revd. Henry Mackenzie Bishop Suffragan of Nottingham.

Incumbents

Organ

A new two-manual organ by Messrs Bevington and Son was installed and opened on 21 March 1869 by W. T. Cockrem, organist of

St Paul's Church, George Street, Nottingham St. Paul's Church, George Street, was a Church of England church built as a chapel of ease to St. Mary's Church, Nottingham. It was opened in 1822 and closed in 1924. Background It was consecrated by Edward Venables-Vernon-Harcourt the Archb ...

. There is currently a two manual pipe organ by William Andrews. A specification of the organ can be found at the

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Organists

* D. W. Cartwright, c. 1870 * Thomas E. Daws * Arthur Richards. formerly organist at

St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford St Wilfrid's Church, Wilford is a Grade II* listed parish church in the Church of England in Wilford, Nottinghamshire, England. History The church dates from the late 14th century. It is considered to have been founded by Gervase de Wilford aro ...

, afterwards organist at St. John the Baptist's Church, Leenside * William Henry Hotching (1914 - 1949)Nottingham Evening Post - Saturday 24 December 1949, p. 5. Nottingham Organists' Death

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Radford, St Peter Church of England church buildings in Nottinghamshire Churches completed in 1812 19th-century Church of England church buildings Radford Churches in Nottingham

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