St.
Peter's Church 1931
photo courtesy Paul Benyon
St.
Peter's Church was built to cathedral-like proportions in 1865 following the
gift to the parish of a sizable private donation. In effect a Chapel, it has
always been a subsidiary of St. John the Baptist, Symondsbury. This wonderful
Victorian Church has commanding views over Lyme Bay.
Sadly, with dwindling
congregations, the current rector concerned with possible
closure of the Church within a few years, came up with the idea of making it
also a centre for the arts. The opportunity to develop the idea came from the
Wallbridge Trust which was set up by the family of a local woman, buried in
the churchyard and who, in her lifetime, was strongly supportive of community
projects. The trust gave £200,000 for the alterations.
St.Peters - now called 'Eype Church Centre For The Arts' adds a new dimension
to the public spaces available for the performing and visual arts in West
Dorset. 2003 saw several programme of events from Art exhibitions to Musical
evenings with the like of Jacqui Dankworth and Jacqueline Piper plus
"chat" evenings with readings by the actor Edward Fox and also
talks from some of the BBC Antiques Road Show team.
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Peter's Church was built to cathedral-like proportions in 1865 following the
gift to the parish of a sizable private donation. In effect a Chapel, it has
always been a subsidiary of St. John the Baptist, Symondsbury. This wonderful
Victorian Church has commanding views over Lyme Bay.
St.Peters - now called 'Eype Church Centre For The Arts' adds a new dimension
to the public spaces available for the performing and visual arts in West
Dorset. 2003 saw several programme of events from Art exhibitions to Musical
evenings with the like of Jacqui Dankworth and Jacqueline Piper plus
"chat" evenings with readings by the actor Edward Fox and also
talks from some of the BBC Antiques Road Show team.