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Country
  
England

Website
  
St James, Broughton

Architectural type
  
Status
  
Denomination
  
Anglican

Functional status
  
Active

Opened
  
1879

Architect
  
Sharpe, Paley and Austin

St James' Church, Broughton

Location
  
Great Cheetham Street East, Broughton, Greater Manchester

Architectural style
  
Gothic Revival architecture

Diocese
  
Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Archdeaconry
  
Similar
  
St Mary the Virgin's Church - E, St Clement's Church, Clifton Viaduct, Cadishead Viaduct, St Thomas' Church - Pendleton

St James' Church is in Great Cheetham Street East, Broughton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church, in the deanery of Salford, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice has been combined with those of St John the Evangelist, Broughton, and St Clement with St Matthias, Lower Broughton.

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History

The church was built between 1877 and 1879. It was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin at an estimated cost of £7,000 (equivalent to £800,000 in 2015). Samuel Clowes gave the site, and paid £2,800 towards its cost. As built, it seated 600 people. In about 1970 the north aisle was subdivided from the nave.

Architecture

St James' Church is constructed in brick, and it has brick tracery in its windows. It has a tall bellcote at the east end of the nave. The nave windows have pointed arches, while those in the chancel have flat heads. The other features of the church include sheer gables and large buttresses. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that "it is a good building, but not outstanding, as Paley & Austin's can be".

References

St James' Church, Broughton Wikipedia


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