St Peter's Church, Burnley

St Peter's, Burnley
St Peter's Church from the south
St Peter's, Burnley Location in Burnley town centre
Coordinates: 53°47′34″N 2°14′24″W / 53.7927°N 2.2399°W / 53.7927; -2.2399
OS grid reference	SD 84296 32957
Location	Burnley, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Administration
Deanery	Burnley
Archdeaconry	Blackburn
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York

St Peter's Church is an Anglican church in the town of Burnley, Lancashire, England. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. The oldest part of the church, the lower tower, dates from the 15th century, and there are several later additions and restorations. St Peter's is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.

St Peter's lies close to the banks of the River Brun. There was a church on the site prior to 1122; this was largely rebuilt in the 1530s by Thomas Sellars and Nicholas Craven. The lower part of the tower is the oldest part of the current building and dates from the 15th of 16th century. There have been enough additions and alterations to the tower that Hartwll & Pevsner (2009) state that "little genuine C16 work survives". A gallery was added to the west in 1735 to accommodate the growing population of Burnley. The south aisle was rebuilt in 1789, and the north aisle in 1802. An upper part was added to the tower in 1803. Interior restoration work took place in 1854 by Miles Thompson, who built nave arcades and clerestory. In 1872—1873, the chancel was enlarged.

St Peter's was designated a Grade II* listed building on 10 November 1951. The Grade II* designation—the second highest of the three grades—is for "particularly important buildings of more than special interest". An active church in the Church of England, St Peter's is part of the diocese of Blackburn, which is in the Province of York. It is in the archdeaconry of Blackburn and the Deanery of Burnley.