St Peter, Walworth
St Peter, Walworth
St Peter’s is a Grade I Commissioners’ church on Liverpool Grove, Walworth, the first and best-preserved of Sir John Soane’s three London churches, in the Diocese of Southwark.
- Location
- Walworth, Greater London
- Country
- England
- County
- Greater London
- City / town
- Walworth
- Address
- Liverpool Grove, Walworth, Greater London, SE17 2HH
- Postcode
- SE17 2HH
- Built
- 1823–25
- Architect
- Sir John Soane
- Denomination
- Church of England
- Dedication
- Peter
- Diocese
- Southwark
- Parish
- Walworth, St Peter
- Grade
- I
- Style
- Greek Revival (Commissioners' church)
- Materials
- London stock brick with stone dressings
- Grid reference
- TQ 325 781
- Opening hours
- Church is open Monday to Thursday from 9.15am to 4pm. The Café in the Crypt is open 8.30am to 3pm Monday to Saturday and 12.30pm on Sundays.
- Access
- Accessible toilets in church. Level access to the main areas
Overview
The Diocese of Southwark and Wikipedia record a church built in 1823–25 in the wave of Anglican building after the Napoleonic Wars. It received a grant under the Church Building Act 1818: the building cost £18,592, of which the Church Building Commission contributed £9,354. Soane used London stock brick with stone dressings, tall arched windows set in recesses, and a depressed Ionic west front with cornice and balustrade rather than a pediment. The east end was altered in 1888; major reconstruction followed wartime bomb damage in 1953; the interior was re-ordered in 1982.
Historic England lists the church at Grade I (list entry 1385662). It stands in the Liverpool Grove Conservation Area and remains an active parish church. The building is usually open Monday to Thursday from 9.15am, with a café in the crypt.