St Peter, Falstone
St Peter, Falstone
St Peter at Falstone, Northumberland, is an unlisted parish church rebuilt in 1892 after fire, in the parish of Falstone with Greystead and Thorneyburn, Diocese of Newcastle.
- Location
- Falstone, Northumberland
- Country
- England
- County
- Northumberland
- City / town
- Falstone
- Address
- Falstone, Northumberland, NE48 1AA
- Postcode
- NE48 1AA
- Built
- 1824 by John and Benjamin Green; rebuilt after fire, reopened 1892
- Consecrated
- 25 May 1892
- Architect
- John and Benjamin Green (1824); Plummer and Burrell of Newcastle (1892 rebuild)
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Peter
- Diocese
- Newcastle
- Parish
- Falstone with Greystead and Thorneyburn
- Style
- Victorian rebuild of an 1824 church
- Grid reference
- NY 724 874
- Opening hours
- Dawn until dusk.
- Access
- Level access to the main areas
Overview
A chapel at Falstone is recorded by the seventeenth century. A new church of 1824 by John and Benjamin Green, built on Greenwich Hospital advice at a cost of £1,040, was damaged by a flue fire in 1882 and almost destroyed on 26 December 1890; only the tower walls remained. Plummer and Burrell of Newcastle prepared the rebuild; the church was consecrated and dedicated to St Peter on 25 May 1892 by Bishop George Henry Stanton of Newcastle. Pevsner notes that the porch and chancel were added and window tracery inserted at this time. The Church Heritage Record states that the building itself is not listed; several churchyard gravestones are Grade II. The church stands in Northumberland National Park.