Historic churches · West Midlands
St Peter's Church, Westleigh
St Peter's Church, Westleigh — church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK.
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St Peter's Church, Westleigh is a historic church in the United Kingdom. Records date its origin to 1881. Designed by Sharpe, Paley and Austin. Built in the Gothic Revival style. Heritage designation: Grade II* listed building. Affiliated with Anglicanism. Wikidata describes it as: "church in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, UK". Coordinates: 53.4984°, -2.5376°.
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St Peter's Church is in Firs Lane, Westleigh, a district of Leigh, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Leigh, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin. The architectural historians Pollard and Pevsner describe it as "one of their most radical and thrilling churches".
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- Coordinates
- 53.4984, -2.5376
- District
- Wigan
- Parish
- Wigan, unparished area
- Postcode
- WN7 4SU
- Parliamentary constituency
- Leigh and Atherton
- Established
- 1881
- Official site
- www.achurchnearyou.com
Sources
- wikidata: Q7595302 (CC0)
- wikipedia: St Peter's Church, Westleigh, Greater Manchester (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- commons: St Peter's Church, Leigh.jpg (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is St Peter's Church, Westleigh?
- St Peter's Church, Westleigh is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 53.4984°, -2.5376°.
- When was St Peter's Church, Westleigh built?
- St Peter's Church, Westleigh dates to 1881 — the Victorian period. It was designed by Sharpe, Paley and Austin.
- Who designed St Peter's Church, Westleigh?
- St Peter's Church, Westleigh was designed by Sharpe, Paley and Austin, in the Gothic Revival style.
- Is St Peter's Church, Westleigh a listed building?
- St Peter's Church, Westleigh carries the heritage designation "Grade II* listed building" — a protective status under UK heritage law.