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St Peter’s Tower and Scaffold on a Sunny Day copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton

Restoration Works

A school visit to the church copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton
Tower Restoration Work by DBR copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton
St Peter’s Tower in 2012 before restoration work began copyright B. van Cleve
St Peter’s Tower and Scaffold on a Sunny Day copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton
Restored Pinnacles copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton
Inspection of dismantled pinnacles with DBR & HMDW architects – July 2016. Credit DBR Limited
DBR Southern Area Supervisor Cary, completes an inspection of the dismantled pinnacles – July 2016. Credit DBR Limited
Scaffold at the very top of the tower of St Peter’s – September 2016. Credit – DBR Limited
Project Team inc. Roland Luke, Project Manager and Simon Dyson, Architect and DBR Southern – October 2016. Credit – DBR Limited
DBR Southern – Pinnacle Restoration – December 2016. Credit – DBR Limited
DBR Southern – Phase 2C – July 2018. Credit – DBR Limited
DBR Southern – Phase 3 commences. Credit – DBR Limited
DBR Stonemasons Tower Work – Belfry Arch. Credit – DBR Limited
DBR Stonemasons – May 2018 Works
A school visit to the church copyright St Peter’s Church Brighton

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Bell Ringing
Bell Ringing

From the installation of a first ring of bells at St Peter's two hundred years ago, the sound of the church bells has been a familiar one in our city, until recently announcing services, weddings, baptisms, memorials and civic events.

Bells
Bells

From the installation of a first ring of bells at St Peter's two hundred years ago, the sound of the church bells has been a familiar one in our city, until recently announcing services, weddings, baptisms, memorials and civic events.

Bernard North
Bernard North

Bernard tells us what it was like to be a young bellringer at St Peter's in the late 1950s and early sixties, and how that experience has continued to shape his life.

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Bernard North
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Do you have a story, memory, or piece of history connected to St Peter's Church? We invite you to share your narrative with us.

We want to hear what the church means to you. Are you a congregation member? Did you go to Sunday school here when you were a child? Did you get married here? Do you see the church every day on your way to work?

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‘This project is kindly funded by Historic England as part of the Everyday Heritage - Working Class Histories. We are grateful to them for this funding.’

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