St James' Church, Broughton facts for kids
Quick facts for kids St James' Church, Broughton |
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St James' Church, Broughton, from the northwest
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| Location | Great Cheetham Street East, Broughton, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Website | St James, Broughton |
| History | |
| Status | Parish church |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Architect(s) | Paley and Austin |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Gothic Revival |
| Completed | 1879 |
| Administration | |
| Parish | St James Hope |
| Deanery | Salford |
| Archdeaconry | Salford |
| Diocese | Manchester |
St James' Church is located on Great Cheetham Street East in Broughton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church. This means it serves the local community for the Anglican faith. It is part of the Salford area and the Manchester diocese. St James' Church also works closely with other nearby churches, like St John the Evangelist and St Clement with St Matthias.
Building History
The church was built between 1877 and 1879. It was designed by famous architects named Paley and Austin from Lancaster. The estimated cost to build it was about £7,000. This would be a very large amount of money today!
A generous person named Samuel Clowes donated the land for the church. He also gave £2,800 to help pay for the building. When the church was first finished, it could seat 600 people. Around 1970, a part of the church called the north aisle was separated from the main area (the nave). This change helped create more space for different activities.
Church Design
St James' Church is built using brick. Even the decorative patterns in its windows, called tracery, are made from brick. It has a tall bellcote at the east end of the main part of the church. A bellcote is a small structure that holds bells.
The windows in the main area of the church have pointed arches. However, the windows in the chancel (the area near the altar) have flat tops. The church also has steep gables (the triangular parts of the wall at the end of a pitched roof) and large buttresses. Buttresses are strong supports built against the walls. Experts who wrote the Buildings of England series said it is a good building, but not one of Paley & Austin's most amazing works.
See also
- List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin
