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: ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST MARY
List entry Number: 1197894
Location
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF ST MARY, MULBERRY STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
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National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 18-Dec-1963
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 388340
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Details
MANCHESTER
SJ8398SE MULBERRY STREET
698-1/27/244 (North side)
18/12/63 Roman Catholic Church of St Mary
II
Roman Catholic church. 1848, by Weightman and Hadfield. Red brick with sandstone dressings and slate roofs. Debased Romanesque style. Basilican form on north-south axis, with aisles and south-east tower. Stone plinth, Lombard friezes to gables and across centre of tower. Painted portal with round-headed doorway moulded in 2 orders and scuptural tympanum, 3 round-headed lancets above, and wheel window in gable. Aisle to left with window of 2 round-headed lights with central shaft, and simple rose window above. Three-stage towe to right with 2 round-headed arches containing very small lancets, a round-headed niche to the 2nd stage, belfry stage with coupled round-headed blank arches each containing small coupled windows with cast-iron diamond lattice grills, and steeply-pitched helm roof with 3 stepped round-headed lancets in each gable. Banded heads to all windows. Interior: 6-bay basilica with green marble columns, very elaborate reredos (etc). Known as "the Hidden Gem".
Listing NGR: SJ8373998187
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National Grid Reference: SJ 83739 98187
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