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St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
St Peter's church seen from west-southwest
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
54°54′47″N 1°22′31″W / 54.913030°N 1.375245°W / 54.913030; -1.375245
Location	Monkwearmouth, Tyne and Wear
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Parish of Monkwearmouth
History
Status	parish church
Dedication	Saint Peter
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	8 May 1950
Style	Anglo-Saxon, Decorated Gothic, Gothic Revival
Years built	7th, 10th, 14th & 19th centuries
Specifications
Materials	rubble masonry
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
Archdeaconry	Sunderland

St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is one of three churches in the Parish of Monkwearmouth. The others are the Victorian All Saints' Church, Monkwearmouth and the Edwardian St Andrew's Church, Roker.

St Peter's was founded in AD 674–5 as one of the two churches of the Benedictine double monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. The other church is St Paul's Church, Jarrow. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.

Architecture

Anglo-Saxon

The original church on the site was built at the behest of Benedict Biscop in AD 674–75, when the area was part of the Anglo-Saxon Kingdom of Northumbria. Bede (circa 673–735) wrote that Benedict brought stonemasons and glassworkers from Gaul to build the church, as these crafts were not yet established in Anglo-Saxon England.

Of Benedict's building only the west wall and porch survive. The ground floor of the porch is barrel vaulted. Its outer arch, at the west end of the porch, is of elaborate design and decorated with stone reliefs.

By about AD 700 the porch had been enlarged by the addition of a second storey and north and south porticus, forming a westwork. By the end of the 10th century further storeys had been added to the porch, raising its height to form the present west tower.

Gothic and Gothic Revival

The rest of the church is much later. The north aisle was first built in the 13th century. A five-light east window was inserted in the chancel in the 14th century.

Early in the 19th century the arcade of the north aisle and most of the chancel arch were removed, and galleries were inserted.

In 1875–76 St Peter's was restored under the direction of the architects Hubert Austin and RJ Johnson, who had the north aisle rebuilt and the east window of the chancel replaced. There is also an organ loft built onto the north side of the chancel.

The present stained glass in the windows was made in 1969 by LC Evetts. In 1973 an octagonal extension was added east of the organ loft as an interpretation centre. In 1984 the church was damaged by fire, and about 1985 the interior and roof were rebuilt.

References

1. ^ Historic England. "Church of St Peter (Grade I) (1217958)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
2. Historic England. "Monkwearmouth Anglo-Saxon monastery and medieval priory (1017222)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 9 April 2018.
3. ^ Blair 1977, p. 154.
4. Pevsner & Williamson 1983, p. 465.
5. ^ Pevsner & Williamson 1983, p. 466.

Bibliography

• Blair, Peter Hunter (1977) . An Introduction to Anglo-Saxon England (2nd ed.). Cambridge and London: Cambridge University Press. p. 154. ISBN 0-521-29219-0.
• Johnson, Margot (1992). "Monkwearmouth (St. Peter)". Durham: Historic and University City and surrounding area (6th ed.). Durham: Turnstone Ventures. p. 39. ISBN 978-0946105090.
• Page, William, ed. (1907). "Saxon Houses: including Wearmouth and Jarrow". A History of the County of Durham. Victoria County History. Vol. II. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. pp. 79–85.
• Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth (revision) (1983) . County Durham. The Buildings of England (2nd ed.). Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 465–467. ISBN 0-14-071009-4.

External links

• Parish of Monkwearmouth
• St. Peter's Wearmouth–Jarrow

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