Church Of St Peter, Shaldon
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The Church of St Peter is the
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parish church of the village of
Shaldon Shaldon is a village and civil parish in the Teignbridge district, in south Devon, England, on the south bank of the estuary of the River Teign, opposite Teignmouth. The village is a popular bathing place and is characterized by Georgian archit ...
, Devon. Designed by
Edmund Harold Sedding Edmund Harold Sedding (1863 – 21 February 1921), often referred to as E. H. Sedding, was an English architect who practised in Devon and Cornwall. Life Sedding was born in 1863 in Pimlico, London, the son of Edmund Sedding and the nephew of ...
, and with later additions by William Douglas Caröe, it is a
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.


History

The original
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for the parish of Shaldon was St Nicholas, Ringmore, a small
chapel of ease A chapel of ease (or chapel-of-ease) is a church architecture, church building other than the parish church, built within the bounds of a parish for the attendance of those who cannot reach the parish church conveniently, generally due to trav ...
to the west of the village. In the very late 19th century, and in response to the increasing population of Shaldon, the ecclesiastical authorities determined to build a new church on the foreshore in the centre of the village. Their chosen architect was
Edmund Harold Sedding Edmund Harold Sedding (1863 – 21 February 1921), often referred to as E. H. Sedding, was an English architect who practised in Devon and Cornwall. Life Sedding was born in 1863 in Pimlico, London, the son of Edmund Sedding and the nephew of ...
, son of the notable West Country church architect, Edmund Sedding, and himself a prolific restorer of churches throughout Devon and Cornwall. St Peter's is one of the few, completely new, church buildings Sedding designed. The church was constructed between 1893 and 1902. In 1932
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was engaged to add
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es to the exterior of the building. Regular services are held.


Architecture and description

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described St Peter's as "a superlative example of
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inventiveness". The church is listed at Grade I as a building of exceptional interest. It is notable for its organ.


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