| St Peter's Church, Bournemouth | |
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| 50°43′14″N 1°52′32″W / 50.7205°N 1.8755°W | |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Liberal Catholic |
| Website | stpetersbournemouth.org.uk |
| History | |
| Status | Parish Church |
| Dedication | Saint Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | G. E. Street |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1879 |
| Specifications | |
| Height | Spire 202 feet (62 m) |
| Floor area | 12,658 square feet (1,176.0 m2) |
| Materials | Purbeck stone with Bath stone dressings |
| Administration | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Winchester |
| Archdeaconry | Bournemouth |
| Deanery | Bournemouth |
| Parish | Bournemouth |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | interregnum |
| Laity | |
| Organist/Director of music | Duncan Courts |
| Organist(s) | Neil Sissons |
| Churchwarden(s) | Jane MacDonald-Styslinger, Chris Mayne |
| Parish administrator | Lisa Babb |
St Peter's Church is a Church of England parish church located in the centre of Bournemouth, Dorset, England. It is a Grade I listed building classed as a 'major parish church', and was completed in 1879 to a design by George Edmund Street as the founding mother church of Bournemouth.
The building incorporates work by some of the finest Gothic Revival architects and artists, including Street, George Frederick Bodley, Ninian Comper, Arthur Blomfield and Edward Burne-Jones, with stained-glass windows and frescoes by Clayton and Bell. The chancel has been described as 'one of the richest Gothic Revival interiors in England'.[1] The 202-foot (62 m)-high spire is a landmark in Bournemouth Town Centre, where it is the town centre parish church, together with the churches of St Stephen and St Augustine.
Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein, is interred here, reputedly along with the heart of her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley.
- ^ Jenkins, Simon, 'England's Thousand Best Churches', Allen Lane, 1999, p. 148.