Stanley nr. Wakefield / Stanleie
Image copyright © Photo Stanley, 2018
No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing
view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Stanley St Peters Church. No buyer has yet been found for this grade II listed building, which has been disused since 2001. The church is fenced off and the signs read “Keep Clear, Dangerous Structure, Keep Out”. Meanwhile the decay goes on."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Kirby, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 27 February 2009 by Mike Kirby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1182507] [accessed 27 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Betty Longbottom, 2008
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 April 2008 by Betty Longbottom [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/759994] [accessed 27 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "The final moments of the demolition of St Peter's church, after being declared unsafe due to old mine workings directly under the building."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mike Kirby, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 February 2014 by Mike Kirby [www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3863647] [accessed 27 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-2.0
view of font and cover
Scene Description: Harman & Pevsner (2017) report this modern church as "demolished in 2014 after structural problems" and add that the fate of the font and its ornate cover, as well as the artistic misericords "is unknown at the time of writing" [NB: an article in the Wakefield Express [www.wakefieldexpress.co.uk/news/final-moments-of-stanley-s-st-peter-s-church-1-6440980] [accessed 27 November 2018] notes: "More recently, the church was hit by controversy over the disappearance in March 2012 of 16 oak carvings called misericords, which were the only set in the world to depict the 16 stages of creation. The misericords, carved by HP Jackson in the 1920s, were thought to have been removed when contractors were given access to the building after it was set to be demolished. Some of the carvings turned up on eBay and others were traced to an antique dealer in London." [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Photo Stanley, 2018
Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph by Photo Stanley, in Stanley History Online [www.stanleyhistoryonline.com/Saint-Peters-Church.html] [accessed 27 November 2018]
Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing