Church of St Peter, Blackley

The Church of St Peter in Old Market Street, Blackley, Manchester, England, is a Gothic Revival church of 1844 by E. H. Shellard.[1] It was a Commissioners' church erected at a cost of £3162.[1] The church is particularly notable for an almost completely intact interior.[1] It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 20 June 1988.[2]

Church of St Peter, Blackley
Church of St Peter
Church of St Peter, Blackley
Location in Manchester
53.5235°N 2.218°W / 53.5235; -2.218
LocationBlackley, Greater Manchester
CountryEngland
DenominationChurch of England
ChurchmanshipCentral
History
StatusParish church
DedicationSt Peter
Dedicated1844
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II*
Architectural typeParish church
StyleGothic Revival architecture

The church is of "coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings".[2] The nave has buttresses and "clumsy" pinnacles and ends in a "blunt" west tower.[1] The interior is aisled and "particularly impressive for its complete (nineteenth century) interior with the extremely unusual survival of all the fine boxes and other pews".[2]

The churchyard contains the war graves of ten service personnel of World War I and seven of World War II.[3]

See also

References

  1. Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, pp. 385-386.
  2. Stuff, Good. "Church of St Peter, Crumpsall, Manchester". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
  3. CWGC Cemetery Report.

Bibliography

  • Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South East. The Buildings of England. New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10583-5.
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