CHURCH OF ST PAUL

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1255027
Date first listed:
20-Jun-1988
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD

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Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD

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

District:
Manchester (Metropolitan Authority)
National Grid Reference:
SJ 84950 92884

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

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
458610
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

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

End of official listing

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Date: 13 Feb 2007
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