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Church of St Clement

A Grade II Listed Building in Chorlton, Manchester

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Coordinates

Latitude: 53.4407 / 53°26'26"N

Longitude: -2.2837 / 2°17'1"W

OS Eastings: 381254

OS Northings: 393802

OS Grid: SJ812938

Mapcode National: GBR D8Y.7M

Mapcode Global: WH98H.WSQ6

Plus Code: 9C5VCPR8+7G

Entry Name: Church of St Clement

Listing Date: 20 June 1988

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1254463

English Heritage Legacy ID: 457290

Also known as: St Clement's Church, Chorlton-cum-Hardy

ID on this website: 101254463

Location: St Clement's Church, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M21

County: Manchester

Electoral Ward/Division: Chorlton

Parish: Non Civil Parish

Built-Up Area: Manchester

Traditional County: Lancashire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester

Church of England Parish: Chorlton-cum-Hardy St Clement

Church of England Diocese: Manchester

Tagged with: Church building Gothic Revival Parish church

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Description


SJ 89 SW MANCHESTER ST CLEMENT'S ROAD
(West side)
698-1/8/585 Chorlton-Cum-Hardy

20.16.1988 Church of St Clement

II


Church. 1861, by Pennington and Bridgen, with south transept and chancel of 1895 by W.Higginbottom. Coursed squared, sandstone rubble, slate roof with bands of fishscale slates. Geometric Gothic Revival style. Five-bay aisled nave with south-west tower, north-west porch, north and south transepts, 2-bay chancel. The tower has an octagonal belfry stage with shafts to trefoil-headed windows, and a short spire divided in to 2 stages by an arcade of lucarnes. The west end has a cusped west doorway moulded in 2 orders, with foliated caps to the shafts (now flanked by inserted windows). The aisles have 2-light windows, the north aisle has a timber-framed gabled porch of muscular design, and the nave has a clerestory of multifoiled oculi. The transepts have 3-light windows; and the chancel has a 5-light east window with a large multifoil in the head and a hoodmould with figured stops.
Interior: altered, the west bays enclosed and a floor inserted, the remainder re-oriented; aisle arcades of 2-centred arches on alternately round and octagonal columns; clustered piers to former chancel; open-truss roofs to nave and chancel; very colourful stained glass in east window.


Listing NGR: SJ8125493802

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