Church of St Paul
CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1255027
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1255027
- Date first listed:
- 20-Jun-1988
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST PAUL, WILMSLOW ROAD
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)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- 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
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- Legacy System number:
- 458610
- Legacy System:
- LBS
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