Church of St Peter, Blackley
| Church of St Peter, Blackley | |
|---|---|
Church of St Peter | |
Church of St Peter, Blackley Location in Manchester | |
| 53°31′25″N 2°13′05″W / 53.5235°N 2.218°W | |
| Location | Blackley, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Churchmanship | Central |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | St Peter |
| Dedicated | 1844 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Architect | E. H. Shellard |
| Architectural type | Parish church |
| Style | Gothic Revival architecture |
The Church of St Peter is a Gothic Revival church on Old Market Street in Blackley, a suburban area of Manchester, England. It was built in 1844 to a design by the ecclesiastical architect E. H. Shellard.[1] It was a Commissioners' church, erected at a cost of £3,162.[1] The church is particularly notable for its almost completely intact interior.[1] It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 20 June 1988.[2]
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
- ^ a b c d Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, pp. 385–386.
- ^ a b c "Church of St Peter, Crumpsall, Manchester". British Listed Buildings. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 6 April 2011.
- ^ [1] Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine 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.