The devil in Church - St Peters, Harrogate, Yorkshire, Great Britain.
N 53° 59.589 W 001° 32.459
30U E 595650 N 5983744
The Victorian church of St Peters, famous for its painted windows and stone sculptures, has a devil hiding at the back of the church. The Anglican parish church, stands in the centre of Harrogate, North Yorkshire, UK.
Waymark Code: WMKBKX
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.
A lifesize head and torso of the devil hides on the left side of the main back wall of St Peter’s church. The sculpture seems out of place amongst Jesus, Angels, and eight stone heads representing Archbishops of Canterbury and York.
The stone carving shows the Devil hiding his eyes, from the carving of Jesus blessing the children. See number 9 in this link: (
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"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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