Futuristic Font - St Peters Church - Harrogate, North Yorkshire, Great Britain.
N 53° 59.589 W 001° 32.459
30U E 595650 N 5983744
The Victorian church of St Peters has a modern looking Baptism Font, in line with its motto 'The church of the future'. The Anglican parish church, stands in the centre of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK.
Waymark Code: WMKBKH
Location: North East England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 03/15/2014
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St. Peter's Church, a forward-looking church, offering new ways of worship alongside traditional services. The Church of St Peter Harrogate is a parish church in the Church of England, dioceses of Rippon and Leeds.
St Peters is a church with a Heart, in the Heart of the City.
A caring City centre church, that serves hot breakfast to the homeless every morning, and food parcels to the poor every evening.
An old church with a futuristic font. I could find no reference to the font in the church handbook. it is listed on the web site, but with very little info. See number 4 on the plan of the church. (
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The Font is where the Church baptise people as they begin their Christian life. The Font is made of pink polished granite.
"St. Peter's Church (C of E) stands right in the heart of Harrogate. Its geographical parish consists largely of shops and offices, and our ministry extends to the many people who come in to the town each day for work, for shopping, on conferences, or for leisure. We have a fine Victorian church building which is well known for its painted glass windows.
St Peter's welcomes visitors every day of the week.
From Monday to Saturday the doors are generally open from 8.00 am until about 5.30 p.m.. Many people come in to pray, relax or simply to look around. Others visit for special events such as concerts, coffee mornings and a range of mid-week worship services. Of course on Sunday opening hours are even longer, finishing with Choral Evensong from 6.30 - 7.30 p.m.." Text source: (
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From Wikipedia the free encyclopaedia:
"A subscription for the erection of the church was commenced and the foundation stone was laid in April, 1870. The church is of the decorated style of architecture, from a design by Mr. Hirst, of Bristol, and consists of a nave of five bays, 70 feet in length by 27 feet in breadth, with north and south aisles, each 15 feet 9 inches wide; the last bay at the eastern end of the aisle on each side projects outwards to double its former breadth, in the form of a transept, which is gabled outwardly; the chancel will be about 35 feet in length by 22 feet in breadth, terminating in a circular apse, the interior of which will be arcaded." Text Source: (
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