St Peter's Church, Darwen | |
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53°41′44″N 2°27′52″W / 53.6955°N 2.4645°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 694,222 |
Location | Bank Street, Darwen, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Churchmanship | Liberal Catholic |
Website | St Peter, Darwen |
History | |
Former name(s) | Holy Trinity, Darwen |
Status | Parish church |
Founded | 19 July 1827 |
Dedication | Saint Peter |
Consecrated | 13 September 1829 |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | II* |
Designated | 27 September 1984 |
Architect(s) | Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1827 |
Completed | 1829 |
Construction cost | £6,786 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Blackburn with Darwen |
Parish | St Peter, Darwen |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Reverend Canon Fleur Green |
Curate(s) | Reverend David Stephenson |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Janet Upton |
Churchwarden(s) | Douglas Hargreaves, Phil Leather |
Flower guild | Brenda Wheatley |
Parish administrator | Anne Carus |
St Peter's Church (formerly Holy Trinity Church) is in Bank Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[3]