St Peter's Church - St Peter's Street, Islington, London, UK
N 51° 32.111 W 000° 06.003
30U E 701119 N 5713328
This building was consruced in 1845-5 as St Peter's Church. It is no longer used for worship and has been converted to living accommodation. The building is located at the junction of St Peter's Street and Devonia Road.
Waymark Code: WMG0D0
Location: London, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 12/28/2012
Views: 2
The building is Grade II listed and the
entry at the English Heritage website [visit
link] tells us:
"Anglican church, now flats.
1834-35. By Sir Charles Barry, with sanctuary, west front, and tower and spire
added by Roumieu and Gough in 1842-4. White Suffolk brick with stone dressings
and roof of slate. Short sanctuary, nave, transepts, north and south aisles,
north-west tower and spire. Gabled west end with moulded and gabled portal and
doors decorated with blank tracery, the portal flanked by a small three-bay
arcade and buttresses; above, an open stepped arcade of three lights with
stepped lancets behind. To the south, two small towers, square in plan, ending
in pinnacles; the tower proper has a gabled entrance to the north side, and the
spire is square in plan but chamfered with lucarnes to the cardinal directions;
at the corners of the tower, four piers ending in pinnacles linked to the spire
by flying buttresses. Lancet windows to the nave between gabled buttresses, and
parapet. Transepts one bay deep with triple stepped lancets to the principal
front with gable, and cornice of matching profile. The easternmost bay of the
chancel is short, and under a lower gabled roof, with east window of triple
stepped lancets. All internal features removed and new floors inserted during
conversion to flats."
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