Church of St Peter, Blackley | |
Imagealt: | 19th century stone church with side aisles and bell gable |
Pushpin Map: | Greater Manchester |
Coordinates: | 53.5235°N -2.218°W |
Map Caption: | Location in Manchester |
Location: | Blackley, Greater Manchester |
Country: | England |
Denomination: | Church of England |
Churchmanship: | Central |
Dedication: | St Peter |
Dedicated Date: | 1844 |
Status: | Parish church |
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. It was a Commissioners' church erected at a cost of £3162. The church is particularly notable for an almost completely intact interior. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 20 June 1988.[1]
The church is of "coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings".[1] The nave has buttresses and "clumsy" pinnacles and ends in a "blunt" west tower. 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".[1]
The churchyard contains the war graves of ten service personnel of World War I and seven of World War II.[2]