St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth

St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
St Peter's church seen from west-southwest
St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland
54°54′47″N 1°22′31″W / 54.913030°N 1.375245°W / 54.913030; -1.375245
Location	Monkwearmouth, Tyne and Wear
Country	England
Denomination	Church of England
Website	Parish of Monkwearmouth
History
Status	parish church
Dedication	Saint Peter
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade I listed
Designated	8 May 1950
Style	Anglo-Saxon, Decorated Gothic, Gothic Revival
Years built	7th, 10th, 14th & 19th centuries
Specifications
Materials	rubble masonry
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
Archdeaconry	Sunderland

St Peter's Church, Monkwearmouth is the parish church of Monkwearmouth in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, England. It is one of three churches in the Parish of Monkwearmouth. The others are the Victorian All Saints' Church, Monkwearmouth and the Edwardian St Andrew's Church, Roker.

St Peter's was founded in AD 674–5 as one of the two churches of the Benedictine double monastery of Monkwearmouth–Jarrow Abbey. The other church is St Paul's Church, Jarrow. St Peter's is a Grade I listed building^[1] and part of a scheduled monument.^[2]