St Peter's Church, Macclesfield, Gothic Revival church in Macclesfield, England.
Description
St Peter's Church is a Gothic Revival building constructed from rubble stone with tiled roofs, featuring a five-bay nave with north and south aisles, a chancel, and a southwest tower with corner buttresses. The structure is Grade II listed and contains a pipe organ from 1891 along with wooden furnishings and decorative stonework.
History
The church was designed by architect Charles Trubshaw and completed in 1849, built with funding from the Church Building Commission as a Commissioners' church. This construction reflected the 19th century expansion of religious facilities across Britain.
Culture
The interior displays carved wooden details from local craftspeople, including a lectern from the Macclesfield school and an octagonal font with decorative blind trefoil arcading. These elements show the artisanal traditions that shaped the community.
Practical
The church sits on Windmill Street and offers level access to main areas along with accessible toilets for visitors. Nearby on-street parking and local bus routes make it straightforward to reach.
Did you know?
The building houses one of the few remaining hand-wound public clocks in east Cheshire, installed in 1908 by the Joyce clockmaker company. The chimes were modified in 1947, making this timekeeping mechanism a rare surviving example.
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