Historic churches · Scottish Lowlands
St Peter's Church
St Peter's Church — Grade I listed church in Sunderland.
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St Peter's Church is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to AD 674. Built in the Anglo-Saxon architecture style. Heritage designation: Grade I listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Part of Monkwearmouth-Jarrow Abbey. Wikidata describes it as: "Grade I listed church in Sunderland". Coordinates: 54.9131°, -1.3749°.
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From the Wikipedia article
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is one of three churches in the Parish of Monkwearmouth. The others are the Victorian All Saints' Church, Monkwearmouth and the Edwardian St Andrew's Church, Roker. St Peter's was founded in AD 674–5 as one of the two churches of the Benedictine double monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. The other church is St Paul's Church, Jarrow. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building and part of a scheduled monument.
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- Coordinates
- 54.9131, -1.3749
- District
- Sunderland
- Parish
- Sunderland, unparished area
- Postcode
- SR6 0DY
- Parliamentary constituency
- Sunderland Central
- Official site
- www.monkwearmouthcofe.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7595266 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Peter's Church-Monkwearmouth.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Peter's Church?
- St Peter's Church is in Scottish Lowlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 54.9131°, -1.3749°.
- When was St Peter's Church built?
- St Peter's Church dates to the Anglo-Saxon era. The exact year of origin is not recorded in our open-data sources.
- Is St Peter's Church a listed building?
- St Peter's Church carries the heritage designation "Grade I listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.