St. Peter's Church, Seaview

St. Peter's Church, Seaview
St. Peter's Church.
50°43′13″N 01°06′51″W / 50.72028°N 1.11417°WCoordinates: 50°43′13″N 01°06′51″W / 50.72028°N 1.11417°W
Denomination	Church of England
Churchmanship	Broad Church
History
Dedication	St. Peter
Administration
Parish	Seaview, Isle of Wight
Diocese	Portsmouth
Province	Canterbury

St. Peter's Church, Seaview is a parish church in the Church of England located in Seaview, Isle of Wight.

History

The church was built in 1859 by the architect Thomas Hellyer.^[1] It was built as a chapel of ease, and has a nave of four bays, north aisle, and south porch. The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1907.^[2]

The south aisle and Lady Chapel were added as war memorials.^[3]

Organ

The church Originally had a small pipe organ by Bevington, which was added to at the end of the 1800s by Lewis. A specification of the organ can be found on the National Pipe Organ Register.

References

1. The Buildings of England, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Nikolaus Pevsner
2. 'Parishes: St Helens', A History of the County of Hampshire: Volume 5 (1912), pp. 189–193. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=42070 Date accessed: 14 December 2008.
3. Ward Lock's Red Guide, ca. 1930