St Saviour's Church, Leicester is a

Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building is a structure of particular architectural or historic interest deserving of special protection. Such buildings are placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, H ...

former

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 ...

in the

Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the State religion#State churches, established List of Christian denominations, Christian church in England and the Crown Dependencies. It is the mother church of the Anglicanism, Anglican Christian tradition, ...

Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...

Leicestershire Leicestershire ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire and Lincolnshire to the north, Rutland to the east, Northamptonshire to the south-east, Warw ...

History

The foundation stone was laid on 7 June 1875. The church was the gift of the Rev Frederick George Burnaby, formerly rector of

Barkestone-le-Vale Barkestone-le-Vale is a village and (as just "Barkestone") a former civil parish, now in the parish of Redmile, in the Melton district, in the north east of Leicestershire, England. In 1931 the parish had a population of 238. History The name ...

in the Vale of Belvoir. It was designed in the 13th century Early English style by the architect Sir

George Gilbert Scott Sir George Gilbert Scott (13 July 1811 – 27 March 1878), largely known as Sir Gilbert Scott, was a prolific English Gothic Revival architect, chiefly associated with the design, building and renovation of churches and cathedrals, although he ...

. The contractors were Messrs Osborne Brothers and the clerk-of-works was a Mr G. W. Wood. The church was consecrated on 21 June 1877 by the Bishop of Peterborough. On 28 October 2023, the church annexe was destroyed by fire.

Parish

The church is in a joint parish known as the Presentation of Christ, Leicester, with: *

St Peter's Church, Leicester St Peter's Church, Leicester, is a Grade II listed parish church in the Church of England in the Highfields area of Leicester. History The foundation stone was laid on 14 November 1872 by the Bishop of Peterborough. The church was built as a me ...

*St Barnabas' Church, New Humberstone (now closed).

Organ

The pipe organ was built by Stephen Taylor & Son in 1878. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Leicester Leicester, St Saviour Grade II* listed churches in Leicestershire Churches completed in 1877 19th-century Church of England church buildings 1877 establishments in England