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Museum
Represents a museum
WC
No
EventsForChildren
No
Place
The town or city
Stromness
HearingLoop
No
IsIncludedThisYear
No
DisabledAccess
Yes
Activities
<p><span><span>There is parking and level access to the ground floor of th</span><span>e kirk. </span>There is no toilet on site (in fact, no water, electricity, heating...) but it is very lovely!</span></p>
OpeningTime1
10 am to 5 pm
OpeningDate1
3/9/2016
IsNewThisYear
No
ID
Google Panorama ID
10589
Refreshments
No
Street
The street address
Skaill
AddressLine2
Sandwick, West Mainland
Postcode
KW16 3LP
Parking
Yes
DisabledWC
No
LimitedAccess
No
NotAccessible
No
Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
St Peter's Church, Sandwick
Source
A related resource from which the described resource is derived
orkney
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
3140
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Museum
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
current,59.05287,-3.334521;
Description
An account of the resource
<p>St Peters Kirk was built in 1836-7 as the Parish Church of Sandwick, replacing a series of older churches on the site. It enjoys magnificent views across the Bay of Skaill, and is close to the prehistoric village of Skara Brae, now part of Orkney's new World Heritage Site.</p><p>It contained seating for 544 people, half the adult population of the parish. Worship was held on a regular basis until 1935. In 1993 St Peters Kirk was placed on the Scottish Civic Trust Buildings at Risk register where it was described as disused and in a worsening state of repair.</p><p>In May 2002, with funding from Orkney Islands Council, Orkney Enterprise, the Heritage Lottery Fund, Historic Scotland a large scale conservation project began. In May 2003, St Peters was officially opened by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. It now attracts many visitors and hosts concerts and other events. The kirk is also used for weddings.</p><p>Now run by the Scottish Redundant Churches Trust, The Friends of St Peters Kirk care for the kirk on a day-to-day basis.</p>
Date
A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource
1836