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Church of St Peter, Blackley
19th century stone church with side aisles and bell gable
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Church of St Peter, Blackley is located in Greater Manchester
Church of St Peter, Blackley
Church of St Peter, Blackley
Location in Greater Manchester
53°31′25″N 2°13′05″W / 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. 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.

The church is of "coursed sandstone rubble with ashlar dressings". 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".

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

See also

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