Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89SE STOCKPORT ROAD, Levenshulme
698-1/9/726 (East side)
Church of St Peter

II

Church. 1860, by Alfred G.Fisher, enlarged 1872 and 1896.
Coursed sandstone rubble, steeply-pitched slate roof. Early
English style. Nave with south-west steeple and north porch,
chancel with north vestry. The tower has buttresses, a
2-centred arched west doorway with deeply moulded surround and
recessed cusped opening, a small lancet high above this, a
weathered band to the belfry stage which is slightly set back
and has a small 2-light louvred window and a clock-face under
an unusual inverted-V-shaped crocketed mould which terminates
as a gablet in the foot of the spire; and a broach spire with
2 ornamented bands and a weathervane. The adjoining west gable
of the nave has a large 2-centred arched 5-light window with
elaborate geometrical tracery, and the west end of the aisle
has a smaller 3-light window with simpler tracery. The 5-bay
nave has small clerestory windows of 2 cusped lights; the
aisle has 2-centred arched windows with geometrical tracery
and mouchettes, and in the 2nd bay a large gabled porch with
low eaves, moulded doorway and coped gable. Interior not
inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8741994359

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546331

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Recommended Books

• 
  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)