Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent

Our Lady and St Peter's Church
Our Lady and St Peter's Church
Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church
	53°00′29″N 2°11′22″W / 53.0081°N 2.1895°W
OS grid reference	SJ8738345664
Location	Stoke-on-Trent
Country	United Kingdom
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Website	OurLadyandStPeterStoke.org.uk
History
Status	Parish church
Dedication	Our Lady of the Angels; Saint Peter in Chains
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II listed
Designated	15 March 1993
Architect(s)	Charles Hansom
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1856
Completed	1857
Administration
Province	Birmingham
Archdiocese	Birmingham
Deanery	North Staffordshire

Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church or Our Lady and St Peter's Chains Church is a Roman Catholic Parish church in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire. It was built in 1857 and designed by Charles Hansom. It is situated on Hartshill Road close to the junction with Shelton Old Road, south of Queensway, in the centre of the city. It was founded as a church with an adjoining priory of Dominican nuns and is a Grade II listed building.^[1]^[3]

History

Foundation

In 1838, a Roman Catholic mission from Longton was started in Stoke. In 1841, a chapel, named St Peter's Chains, was built on Back Glebe Street. In 1850, the chapel received its own priest. In early 1851, a group of Dominicans nuns moved into Longton. In 1854, with their lease in Longton ending, they moved to the site of the present church.^[3]

Construction

In 1856, building work began on the church and the adjoining convent for the Dominican nuns. To pay for the construction, the old chapel was sold. In 1857, the new church was opened and named Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains. The convent started a girls' school at the same site. From 1864 to 1865 the adjoining building was expanded to house a boarding school and St Margaret's Home for Incurables. In 1866, the convent was designated a priory.^[3]

Extensions

From 1884 to 1885, a new chancel was built. Its architect was A.E. Purdie, who also designed Kilworth House and the chapel at Rudding Park House.^[1]

Rev Dr James Northcote was parish priest at the church from 1857 to 1860 and then from 1881 to his death in 1907. In 1865, he also donated a series of Stations of the Cross from Belgium to the church. In 1905, an organ was installed. This was to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Northcote's priesthood.^[3]

Parish

The church has Mass at the following times

Tuesday : 9:30am

Wednesday : 6:00pm

Thursday : 9:30am

Friday : 9:30am

Saturday : 5:45pm

Sunday : 9:30am

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Church of Our Lady and St Peter in Chains from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 January 2015
^ Parishes from Archdiocese of Birmingham, retrieved 2 January 2015
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "The city of Stoke-on-Trent: Roman Catholicism" in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8, from British History Online (London: Victoria County History, 1963), 271-276.

External links

Media related to Our Lady of the Angels and St Peter in Chains Church, Stoke-on-Trent at Wikimedia Commons

[list-1] Church of Our Lady and St Peter in Chains from British Listed Buildings, retrieved 2 January 2015

[dir-2] Parishes from Archdiocese of Birmingham, retrieved 2 January 2015

[hist-3] "The city of Stoke-on-Trent: Roman Catholicism" in A History of the County of Stafford: Volume 8, from British History Online (London: Victoria County History, 1963), 271-276.

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