St Peter's Church, Bardon

Church in Bardon, Leicestershire

Church

St Peter's Church, Bardon


Denomination	Church of England
History
Dedication	St Peter
Administration
Diocese	Leicester
Archdeaconry	Loughborough
Parish	Bardon, Leicestershire
Clergy
Rector	Gill & Geoff Pinnington^[1]

St Peter's Church is a church in Bardon, Leicestershire. It is a Grade II listed building.^[2]

History

The church was designed by J.B. Everard^[3]^[2] (1844–1923),^[4]who is buried in the churchyard, and was built in 1899,^[3] in memory of the Everard family.^[5]^[2] It is built of granite and its exterior masonry is laid like crazy paving.^[3]

The tower has three bells cast in 1899 by John Taylor & Co of Loughborough.^[6] The tower's saddleback roof is topped off by a flèche.

References

^ "St Peter's Bardon Hill". www.achurchnearyou.com. Archived from the original on 27 February 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Non Civil Parish - 1295209 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Archived from the original on 31 October 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c Pevsner 1960, p. 57
^ Brodie et al. 2001, p. 735.
^ "St Peter's Church, Bardon Hill, Leicestershire - Open during daylight hours. Free entry. - See Around Britain". seearoundbritain.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ Dawson, George (8 October 2010). "Bardon S Peter". Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers. Central Council of Church Bell Ringers. Archived from the original on 27 August 2021. Retrieved 19 July 2011.

Sources

Brodie, Antonia; Felstead, Alison; Franklin, Jonathan; Pinfield, Leslie; Oldfield, Jane, eds. (2001). Directory of British Architects 1834-1914, A-K. London & New York: Continuum. ISBN 0-8264-5513-1.
Pevsner, Nikolaus (1960). Leicestershire and Rutland. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.

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