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: BROOKFIELD UNITARIAN CHURCH
List entry Number: 1218832
Location
BROOKFIELD UNITARIAN CHURCH, HYDE ROAD
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
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| Manchester | Metropolitan Authority | |
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II*
Date first listed: 03-Oct-1974
Date of most recent amendment: 06-Jun-1994
Legacy System Information
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 388206
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List entry Description
Summary of Building
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Reasons for Designation
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History
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Details
MANCHESTER
SJ89NE HYDE ROAD, Gorton South
698-1/5/701 (South side)
03/10/74 Brookfield Unitarian Church
(Formerly Listed as:
HYDE ROAD, Gorton
(South side)
Brookfield Unitarian Church)
GV II*
Unitarian church. 1869-71, by Thomas Worthington. Coursed
sandstone rubble, slate roof. Early English style. Nave, north
and south aisles, free-standing steeple attached to north
aisle close to west end, chancel with transepts. The 4-stage
tower with angle-buttresses, string-courses, embattled parapet
with corner gargoyles and tall slender broach spire, has a
2-centred arched north doorway, one and 2 lancets to the next
2 stages, paired 2-light belfry windows with cusped lights,
and lucarnes to the base of the spire. The 6-bay nave has
3-light clerestory windows, and the buttressed aisles
2-centred arched 2-light windows. Transepts of chancel have
similar windows. Large east and west windows. Gable copings
with kneelers and apex crosses. Interior (Pevsner): aisle
arcades of sandstone on columns of pink polished granite;
plastered walls. History: commissioned and endowed by Richard
Peacock, engineer and partner in locomotive-building firm of
Beyer and Peacock; cost ยป12,000; demonstrates ecumenical
nature of later C19 Unitarianism.
Listing NGR: SJ8891595914
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National Grid Reference: SJ 88917 95918
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