Denomination Church of England Province York Phone +44 161 432 7009 | Dedication St Nicholas Priest(s) Rachel Mann Parish Burnage | |
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Website www.st-nicholas-church.org.uk Address 408 Kingsway, Manchester M19 1PL, UK Diocese Anglican Diocese of Manchester Similar Church of St John the Evangelis, Estate Exchange, Church of St Michael and All A, Christ Church - Moss Sid, Church of St Peter - Blackley | ||
The Church of St Nicholas, Kingsway, Burnage, Manchester, is a Modernist church of 1930–2 by N. F. Cachemaille-Day, Lander and Welch. It was enlarged in 1964 with a bay on the west side, also by Cachemaille-Day. Pevsner describes the church as "a milestone in the history of church architecture in England". The church was designated a Grade II* listed building on 10 October 1980.
St Nicholas is one of a relatively small group of Modernist churches in England, and one of the earliest. It is "of brick, high, sheer and sculptural, with a German-inspired passion for brick grooves and ribbing, both vertical and horizontal." The building cost £11,600. The interior was plainly furnished, "the walls bare, the windows clear, but the ceiling is coffered in blue, red and gold".
In 2001-3, the church underwent significant conservation, at a cost of over 1 million pounds. The conservation included a re-ordering of the interior to provide additional meeting space, and offices, including the insertion of a "striking glass circular meeting room", designed by Anthony Grimshaw Associates from Wigan. "The church's spatial complexity is not spoiled, but rather added to", by "hanging the meeting room above head height".
List of incumbents
The incumbent of the Church of St Nicholas is titled the priest-in-charge; previously the incumbent was the rector of the parish.