St Paul's Church, Peel

St Paul’s Church stands in Peel, a district of Little Hulton in Salford. Built of local sandstone with a slate roof and tall spire, it belongs to the Church of England and is listed Grade II. The church belongs to the Walkden and Little Hulton Team Ministry and serves the Peel and Little Hulton parish alongside two other churches. Its origins lie in a chapel built in 1760 by the Yates family on land near Peel Hall. In 1874 the old chapel was taken down and a new church begun immediately to the south. The present building was designed by J. Medland and Henry Taylor and completed in 1876. A tower with a broach spire was added in 1897, rising to 165 feet. The exterior follows Early English Gothic style with Decorated details, including buttresses, paired windows and a five-light east window. Inside, short cylindrical columns carry a hammer-beam roof and support the wide chancel arch. The pulpit and lectern are carved from alabaster with green marble pillars. Inside, the chancel rail and font come from the old chapel, and some stained glass is by Shrigley and Hunt. A porcelain window from the 1760 chapel sits above the font. The churchyard holds war graves from both world wars and the grave of James Roscoe, who once owned local coal mines. The building remains an active place of worship in the Diocese of Manchester.