St_Peter's_Church,_Ashton-under-Lyne
St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
Church in Greater Manchester, UK
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]