CHURCH OF ST PAUL

List Entry Summary

This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

Name: CHURCH OF ST PAUL

List entry Number: 1255027

Location

CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD

The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:

District: Manchester

District Type: Metropolitan Authority

Parish:

National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.

Grade: II

Date first listed: 20-Jun-1988

Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.

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Legacy System: LBS

UID: 458610

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Details

MANCHESTER

SJ89SW WILMSLOW ROAD, Withington 698-1/8/669 (East side) 20/06/88 Church of St Paul

II

Church. 1841, by Hayley and Brown, with chancel and chapel added 1864 by J.Lowe. Red brick, slate roof. Nave embracing west tower; chancel and chapel. Simplified neo-Norman style. The 3-stage tower has clasping corner pilasters with tall loop-light slots to the 2nd stage, a stone band to each stage, a corbel table to the 2nd stage, and a plain brick parapet with octagonal brick corner pinnacles finished with stone spierlets; a round-headed west doorway with shafts, paired belfry openings above a clock, and corner pinnacles. The 6-bay nave has clasping corner pilasters finished with stone cornices and ogival pyramidal stone caps, a very tall and narrow lancet at each side of the west end, and pilastered side walls with a tall round-headed lancet and a corbel table to each bay. The 3-bay chancel has round-headed windows. Interior: broad aisleless nave with west gallery (and C20 suspended ceiling); round-headed chancel arch with angel corbels and foliated capitals, and similar decoration to entrance of chapel; open-truss chancel roof; some Victorian stained glass; neo-Perpendicular pulpit, lectern, and chancel stalls; neo-Gothic font.

Listing NGR: SJ8495092884

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National Grid Reference: SJ 84950 92884

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