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Clapham
St Peter
(a parish within
the benefice of Clapham,
Holy Trinity and St Peter)
Built: 1878 - 84
Architect: J E K & J P Cutts
Listing:
grade 2
St Peter's Church,
which stands between Prescott Place and Clapham Manor Street
just off of Clapham High Street, was originally a small brick
building, covered with a corrugated iron roof and contained
within the dimensions of the nave. The church was set apart for
divine worship in 1879.
By 1902, and only after the cottages in Clapham Manor Street had
been replaced with the chancel extension and the upper
clerestory added, the outside of the church, rising from the
pavement in Clapham Manor Street, but with the entrance in
Prescott Place as viewed from the external picture, is how it
looks today.
By 1904 the Lady Chapel, adjacent to the chancel, the organ loft
(containing a fine 3-manual Hunter organ), vestry and sacristy
had been completed. Inside the most striking feature of St
Peter's is the mighty reredos above the high altar at the east
end. This is a 1914-18 war memorial and was completed by the
Easter of 1919, and like all later additions to the church is by
Kempe. The central panel shows the risen Lord with the two Roman
soldiers beneath. The remaining panels are of saints and doctors
of the church. Most of the added internal fixtures were
completed by the 1920s. These included the wrought iron chancel
screen with gates surmounted by carved wooden Rood with
attendant figues carved by Hitch. The 14 Stations of the Cross
were carved by a Bavarian artist in the Austrian Tyrol. Among
the fine stained glass windows are those representing the
Beatitudes by Reginald Halward. The choir vestry is part of a
large hall complex which was completed in 1907.
Following bomb damage in 1944, rooms were included in the repair
and the refurbished halls were reopened in 1953. The church's
sound system contains a hearing aid loop and a portable ramp is
available at the main door to assist with wheelchair users."
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