St Peter's Church, Birkdale

The church is constructed in coursed sandstone rubble, and it has slate roofs in red and purple bands. The church's architectural style is Decorated, and it consists of a nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with north and south vestries, and a tower in front of the south aisle. The tower is in three stages with angle buttresses and a northwest stair turret. In the bottom stage is an arched south doorway leading to a porch. The middle stage contains lancet windows, and in the top stage are two-light louvred bell openings. At the summit of the tower is a pierced parapet with corner gargoyles and crocketed pinnacles. The windows in the aisles have two lights, and those in the transepts have three. Along the clerestory are pointed quatrefoils. Both the west and east windows are large and contain elaborate tracery; the west window has four lights, and the east window has five.[2]

Inside the church the six-bay arcades are carried on piers of polished granite, and have capitals carved with foliage.[1][2] The reredos and altar are dated 1908 and are decorated with painted angels on a gold ground and are in traceried frames. There are also paintings of angels on the east wall, and carved choir furnishings with an integral organ case. The stained glass includes a First World War memorial at the west end containing a depiction of Saint George. In the south aisle is a window from the late 19th century by Reuben Bennett.[1]