St Peter's Church, Darwen

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St Peter's Church (formerly Holy Trinity Church) is in Bank Street, Darwen, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Blackburn with Darwen, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.

History: The church was built between 1827 and 1829 to a design by Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson. A grant of £5,501 (equivalent to £520,000 in 2025) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The total cost of building the church was £6,786 (equivalent to £640,000 in 2025). The foundation stone was laid on 19 July 1827, and the church was consecrated on 13 September 1829. During the 2nd World War a young Don Estelle sang in the choir as a boy soprano, he later went on to appear in the hit 1970s sitcom It Ain't Half Hot Mum and had a number one in the UK Singles Chart with Whispering Grass. The original dedication was to the Holy Trinity, but this was changed to St Peter in 1972, when its parish...