St Peter's Church, Scorton

St Peter's Church, Scorton
St Peter's Church, Scorton, from the south
St Peter's Church, Scorton Location in the Borough of Wyre
Coordinates: 53°55′52″N 2°45′32″W / 53.9312°N 2.7589°W / 53.9312; -2.7589
OS grid reference	SD 503 486
Location	Scorton, Lancashire
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Peter, Scorton
History
Dedication	Saint Peter
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	9 January 1986
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1878
Completed	1879
Construction cost	£14,000
Specifications
Materials	Sandstone, tiled roofs Shingled spire
Administration
Parish	Scorton and Barnacre and Calder Vale
Deanery	Garstang
Archdeaconry	Lancaster
Diocese	Blackburn
Province	York
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Anton Muller

St Peter's Church is in the village of Scorton, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Garstang, the archdeaconry of Lancaster and the diocese of Blackburn. Its benefice is united with those of All Saints, Barnacre, and St John the Evangelist, Calder Vale. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. Its spire is a landmark near the M6 motorway.

The church was built in 1878–79 for the Ormrod family of Bolton and Wyresdale Hall. The architects were Paley and Austin of Lancaster, and the church cost £14,000 (equivalent to £1,310,000 as of 2016). It provided seating for 250 people.

In the late 1950s, it had a special family grave set up by local man James Metcalfe, for his family. The graves are grouped together to the right of the entrance to the church, and are dedicated to both the Metcalfe and the Farnworth family.

St Peter's is constructed in sandstone rubble, with tiled roofs and a shingled spire. Its plan consists of a nave and a chancel under a continuous roof, a north aisle, a south porch, and a west tower surmounted by a broach spire. The tower has diagonal buttresses, a stair projection on the south side, a doorway on the north side, and a three-light west window with a pointed head. The bell openings have two lights, other than that on the south, which has a single light, and all are flat-headed. All the windows have pointed heads. Along the north aisle are three windows, one with three lights and two with two lights. The west window has two lights. On the south side of the church are five three-light windows. The east window has five lights.