| St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne | |
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.jpg) The Church of St Peter from the south | |
  St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne Location in Greater Manchester | |
| 53°29′02″N 2°06′21″W / 53.4840°N 2.1058°W | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 931 986 |
| Location | Manchester Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester |
| Country | UK |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Churchmanship | Open evangelical |
| Website | St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Saint Peter |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 12 January 1967 |
| Architect(s) | Francis Goodwin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1821 |
| Completed | 1824 |
| Specifications | |
| Materials | Stone, slate roof |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Archdeaconry | Rochdale |
| Deanery | Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Parish | The Good Shepherd, Ashton-under-Lyne |
| Clergy | |
| Bishop(s) | Rt Revd Dr David Walker |
| Vicar(s) | Revd Josie Partridge |
St Peter's Church is in Manchester Road, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Ashton-under-Lyne, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester.[1]
With four other local churches, it is part of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Ashton-under-Lyne.[2] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[3] It is a Commissioners' Church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.[4] The authors of the Buildings of England series consider it to be a "large and ambitious" church.[5] In the National Heritage List for England it is described as a "particularly imposing and elaborate example of a Commissioners' Church".[3]
- ^ St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Church of England, retrieved 16 October 2011
- ^ Welcome to our website, Parish of the Good Shepherd, retrieved 16 October 2011
- ^ a b Historic England, "Church of St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne (1067994)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 17 October 2011
- ^ Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 326, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- ^ Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 114–115, ISBN 0-300-10583-5