Church Of St Peter

The Church of St Peter is a parish church located on St Peter's Road in Rock Ferry, built in 1841 by Hurst and Moffat. It was partly remodelled in 1884 and again after suffering extensive damage during World War II. The church features a loose Neo-Norman style and is constructed from coursed and squared sandstone with slate roofs.

The building includes a west tower with a spire, a nave, a chancel, and vestries with side chapels projecting to the north and south. The three-stage west tower has clasping buttresses and a west door adorned with triple recessed shafts. Above the door, there are paired round-arched lights set within a single segmental arch, and the upper stage features triple bell-chamber lights. Heavy winged beast corbels are positioned at the angles of the cornice, and the broach spire is topped with lucarnes.

The nave consists of six bays, divided by square pilaster buttresses with fluted finials. It has round-arched windows with recessed shafts and outer hood moulds. A half-bay at the west end includes a doorway flanked by buttresses, with a small window above. The upper sections of the nave walls were rebuilt following war damage. The chancel, added around 1884 in a gothic style, features two-light Decorated windows on the north and south sides, and a stepped Early English three-light east window, all with contrasting white stone dressings.

The north chapel and organ chamber are part of the original structure, while the vestry to the south is a later addition, both designed in a Neo-Norman style. The interior was extensively refurbished after the war damage, retaining a single span with a new roof covering that incorporates remnants of the original corbels. The chancel arch is simply moulded, and there is an octagonal panelled font dated 1853. The choir stalls and wall panelling in the chancel date from 1884 and 1923, and the east window features stained glass figures of saints, likely added around 1950.