Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located on Church Road in Bolton. The tower is dated 1823, but the church was largely rebuilt in 1840. It is constructed from coursed and squared stone with slate roofs. The building features a west tower, a nave with shallow transepts, and a chancel.

The exterior showcases rock-faced stone on the tower, which has thin clasping buttresses with colonettes in the upper stages, ending in heavy pinnacles. The tower has four unequal stages, with a west door set in a stepped moulded arch that includes a quatrefoil above. There are paired lancets that are recessed and divided by a circular pier above the door. A clock is located in the third stage, and above that are stepped triple bell-chamber lights. Each side of the tower, the west of the nave has lancet windows, and the north and south nave walls are divided into five bays by buttresses, each containing a single lancet window. The church includes a north porch and a south doorway. The transepts have gabletted angle buttresses and stepped triple lancet windows set in recessed panels. The shallow chancel has a lancet window on the north side, which is enriched with chevron moulding, and a stepped triple lancet east window, also enriched with chevron moulding and divided by shafts. A vestry has been added to the south of the chancel.

Inside, the church has a single span nave of five bays, with tie beams supported by raking wall-posts on corbels. Raking struts feature a central foiled circle and trefoiled panels in the spandrels. Similar trusses create a quadripartite vault over the crossing. There is a west gallery with arcaded panelling, supported by wood-cased shafts. The chancel and transept arches have clustered shafts with nailhead moulding. A trefoiled arcade serves as a reredos. The church contains geometric and emblematic stained glass, including a single figure of St Peter in the east window and a stained glass window dated 1899 depicting the Good Samaritan. Although there has been some recent re-ordering of the church, many of the pews from around 1880 have been retained.