St Peter's Church, Sawrey
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St Peter's Church is a parish church in Sawrey, Cumbria; it is located in Far Sawrey. It is dedicated to St Peter. The church is in the Archdeaconry of Westmorland and Furness, in the Diocese of Carlisle.[1] The church is of 19th-century origin and is Grade II listed.[2]
The church was completed in 1869, to a design by a London-based architect, Robert Brass.[3] It is the only church designed by Brass, who shortly afterwards ceased practice as an architect.[4]
It is built from local slate and sandstone, in an Early English style with chancel, transepts and a three-stage tower at the north-east.[5][6]
Features
The stained-glass windows are by the following firms:
- East window by Cox & Son depicting Christ the Good Shepherd.[7]
- Transept end windows by R.B. Edmundson & Son.[8]
- West window in the north transept by Wailes and Strang.[9]
- South wall of nave depicting St Miriam playing the timbrel and St Cecilia playing the organ.[10]
The organ is by Gray & Davison, dating from 1875.[11] In 2015 an undated chamber organ was on loan to the church and located in the north transept; it had arrived in the church from Cark Methodist Church after it closed in 2005.[12]
There are two bells: one dating from 1883 by John Warner & Sons and the other from 1868 by Naylor, Vickers & Co.[13] Only the Warner bell is in use.[14]
Churchyard
There is one WWI war grave in the churchyard.[15] Two further war graves (in France) are commemorated on gravestones in the churchyard.
Other burials include:
- Flt Lt Johnnie Johnson DFC, one of the Dambusters airmen.[16]
- The Revd Alexander MacLeod Murray, chaplain to the Bela Camp for German and Italian POWs.[17]