St Peter's Cross St Peter's Square Manchester

A Portland stone cross on a stepped base, which marked the site of the demolished church of St Peter. It was installed on the site of the church’s altar and was unveiled in September 1908.

The simple and beautiful cross to be erected in St Peter’s Square on the site of the Georgian church recently demolished is a type of monument very rare in modern England, and it is fitting that Mr Temple Moore, the most distinguished architect of the modern Gothic school should be its designer.  Mr Moore was a pupil of Sir Gilbert Scott and the young Gilbert Scott, the designer of Liverpool Cathedral, received some of his training in Moore’s office. Moore designed some of the most refined and interesting buildings among the Church of England hostels, one of the finest of London’s suburban churches and many other churches and chapels, chiefly in the Midlands and North of England.