Church of St Peter, Blackley

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
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*
Architectural type	Parish church
Style	Gothic Revival architecture

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]

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

• Grade II* listed buildings in Greater Manchester
• Listed buildings in Manchester-M9

References

1. Hartwell, Hyde & Pevsner 2004, pp. 385–386.
2. Stuff, Good. "Church of St Peter, Crumpsall, Manchester". britishlistedbuildings.co.uk.
3. [1] 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.