Church building

St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne

United Kingdom Tameside Grade II listed building
St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne
St Peter's Church, Ashton-under-Lyne · Wikipedia

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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. With four other local churches, it is part of the Parish of the Good Shepherd, Ashton-under-Lyne.

The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is a Commissioners' Church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. The authors of the Buildings of England series consider it to be a "large and ambitious" church.

In the National Heritage List for England it is described as a "particularly imposing and elaborate example of a Commissioners' Church".