St Peter's Church, Parkstone

St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church in 1999
Religion
Affiliation	Church of England
Location
Location	Parkstone, Poole, Dorset, England
Geographic coordinates	50.7246°N 1.9531°W / 50.7246; -1.9531
Architecture
Architect(s)	Frederick Rogers John Loughborough Pearson
Type	Church
Style	Victorian
Completed	1881

St. Peter's Church is a historic Anglican church in the Parkstone area of Poole, Dorset, England.

History

The church was commenced in 1876 and completed in 1881 to a design by Frederick Rogers. John Loughborough Pearson made alterations, including adding vestries and an organ chamber, followed by the nave in 1891–92. It was completed by his son, Frank.[1] On 30 October 1912, Robert Baden-Powell and Olave Baden-Powell married at the church in a private ceremony.[2] In 1954, the church was made a Grade II* listed building.[3] On 4 June 2022, amid the Platinum Jubilee of Elizabeth II, the church was struck by lightning destroying the stone cross on the roof.[4] In 2022, an application for the demolition of the church hall for the redevelopment into housing was made.[5] The planning permission was refused by Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council but in 2023 another application was made.[6]

Burials

• Richard Hawksworth Barnes (1831–1904), meteorologist and naturalist.[7]

References

1. Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Poole (1224865)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 December 2012
2. "Olave St Clair Baden-Powell (née Soames), Baroness Baden-Powell; Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell". National Portrait Gallery, London. Archived from the original on 6 June 2011. Retrieved 16 November 2006.
3. "CHURCH OF ST PETER, Non Civil Parish - 1224865 | Historic England". historicengland.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
4. "Church hopes lightning 'never strikes twice' after bolt cracked roof". Bournemouth Echo. 2023-06-20. Retrieved 2023-06-20.
5. "Financially unviable church centre to be redeveloped to fund main church refurb". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
6. "One of region's largest churches at risk due to financially draining building". Bournemouth Echo. Retrieved 2023-05-08.
7. Davidson, Arthur (1904). "The Late Mr. R. H Barnes". Tropical Agriculturist and Magazine of the Ceylon Agricultural Society. 23. Ceylon Agricultural Society: 160.

See also

• List of churches in Poole
• List of ecclesiastical restorations and alterations by J. L. Pearson