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Church in Greater Manchester, England From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
St Anne's Church is a redundant Anglican parish church in Tyldesley Road, Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester, England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]
St Anne's Church, Hindsford | |
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![]() St Anne's Church, Hindsford | |
53.5188°N 2.4812°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 682 026 |
Location | Tyldesley Road, Hindsford, Atherton, Greater Manchester |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
History | |
Status | Former parish church |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Redundant |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 18 October 1991 |
Architect(s) | Austin and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Groundbreaking | 1889 |
Completed | 1901 |
Construction cost | £9,000 |
Closed | 1999 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, Westmorland slate roofs |
The forerunner to this church was a mission church, also dedicated to St Anne, built on Swan Island in 1873. In 1884 Hindsford became a parish in its own right, and in 1889 the foundation stone was laid for this church.[2] It was designed by the Lancaster architects Austin and Paley.[3] The church was completed in 1901 at a cost of £9,000 (equivalent to £1,230,000 in 2023).[2][4] It provided seating for 450 people, and was built on land given by Lord Lilford.[5] The church was declared redundant on 1 November 1999,[6] and was divided into flats in 2003–04.[3]
The church is constructed in sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The building is orientated northwest-southeast; in the following description ritual orientation is used. The plan consists of a four bay nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a south transept, and a two-bay chancel with a tower and vestry to the south. The tower stands on a chamfered plinth. It has diagonal buttresses. one of which rises to an octagonal stair turret. The two-light bell openings are louvred and square-headed. The parapet is embattled, and the tower is surmounted by a pyramidal roof with a weathervane.[1] The windows contain Decorated tracery.[3]
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