St. Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool

St Peter's Church, Woolton
St Peter's Church, Woolton, from its yard
St Peter's Church, Woolton Location in Merseyside
Coordinates: 53°22′34″N 2°52′10″W / 53.3760°N 2.8694°W / 53.3760; -2.8694
OS grid reference	SJ 423 869
Location	Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Peter's, Woolton
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	14 March 1975
Architect(s)	Grayson and Ould
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival (Perpendicular)
Groundbreaking	1886
Completed	1887
Specifications
Spire height	90 feet (27 m)
Materials	Sandstone
Administration
Parish	Much Woolton
Deanery	Liverpool South Childwall
Archdeaconry	Liverpool
Diocese	Liverpool
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Revd Canon C. J. (Kip) Crooks
Curate(s)	Revd Andy Radford
Laity
Churchwarden(s)	Jeff Robinson Brian Ricketts
Parish administrator	Graham Paisley

St Peter's Church is in Church Road, Woolton, Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Liverpool South Childwall, the archdeaconry of Liverpool, and the diocese of Liverpool. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It is one of the largest parish churches in Liverpool, and its bell tower stands at the highest point of the city. The church also has connections with The Beatles.

In 1826 a chapel was built near the side of the present church. It was built in sandstone and could hold about 200 people. The chapel was in Neoclassical style. The population of Woolton continued to grow, and the style of the church was disliked by the congregation. A number of wealthy merchants were living in the area, and it was decided to build a new church. The foundation stone for this was laid in 1886. The new church was designed by the local architects Grayson and Ould, and was completed in 1887. An extension was added to the west of the church in 1989, which includes an eight-sided hall.

St Peter's is constructed in red sandstone. It is a large church in Perpendicular style. The church provides seating for nearly 500 people. Its plan consists of a nave, north and south four-bay aisles under separate gables, a south porch, a north transept, a chancel, a three-bay north chapel, a south vestry, and a southwest tower. The tower is 90 feet (27 m) high. It has angle buttresses, a canted turret in the southeast angle, paired two-light bell openings, a cornice. gargoyles, an embattled parapet, and pinnacles. The windows along the sides of the aisles have three lights, and the west window has five lights. There are four-light windows in the transept and the chapel, and a seven-light east window.