Cathedral Church of St Mary
CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY, FENNEL STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1218041
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Cathedral Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address:
- CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY, FENNEL STREET
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- I
- List Entry Number:
- 1218041
- Date first listed:
- 25-Jan-1952
- List Entry Name:
- Cathedral Church of St Mary
- Statutory Address 1:
- CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY, FENNEL STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MARY, FENNEL STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 83881 98750
Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8398NE FENNEL STREET 698-1/26/136 (South side) 25/01/52 Cathedral Church of St Mary
GV I
Collegiate parish church, cathedral since 1847. Mostly c.1422-1520, perhaps incorporating some earlier fabric; altered, restored or rebuilt 1814-15, 1862-8 by J.P.Holden, 1885-6 by J.S.Crowther and 1898 by Basil Champneys; annexes added 1903 by Champneys and 1934 by Sir Percy Worthington; bomb damaged 1940 and subsequently restored and rebuilt by Sir Hubert Worthington. Sandstone. Perpendicular style. West tower rebuilt 1867 with west porch of 1898 and choir rooms, 6-bay nave with north and south aisles with north and south chantries, north porch rebuilt 1891 and south porch of 1891, 6-bay choir with north and south aisles with chapels, C15 south Chapter House, and east Lady Chapel, destroyed 1940 and rebuilt; south annexes. In 2nd World War Manchester was, after Coventry, the most damaged English Cathedral but the interior retains amongst other fittings excellent choir stalls of c.1505-10 with misericords. There are also the probably early C16 pulpitum restored and with cornice of 1872, the parclose screens altered C18 and the screens of the choir chantries. Fine nave and restored choir roofs. In the Lady Chapel a restored C15 screen, and in the Derby Chapel a fragmentary early C16 brass to Bishop Stanley and the C18 font. There are also the Saxon angel stone, a brass in the choir to its builder John Huntingdon, and the statues of Humphrey Chetham by William Theed, 1853, and Thomas Fleming by Baily, 1851. In the west porch a statue of Queen Victoria sculpted and presented by her daughter Princess Louise, and over the entrance to the south annexe a carving of 1933 by Eric Gill. (Buildings of England: N Pevsner: South Lancashire: PP273-9; Pitkin Guides: H Hodkin: Manchester Cathedral).
Listing NGR: SJ8388498746
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 388130
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Hodkin, H, Manchester Cathedral, ()
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: South Lancashire, (1969)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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