Description

MANCHESTER

SJ8496 PORTSMOUTH STREET
698-1/21/619 (West side)
03/10/74 Chorlton-On-Medlock
No.8
Holy Name Presbytery

GV II

Presbytery to Roman Catholic Church of the Holy Name. 1874. By
Henry Clutton. Orange brick with sandstone dressings, slate
roofs. Roughly L-shaped plan with main range projected towards
the street, this and the re-entrant enclosed by a projected
ground floor. Neo-Tudor vernacular style with
mullion-and-transom windows, high parapet. Mostly 3 storeys.
The single-storey projection to the street has a doorway to
the right with a moulded surround, the set-back continuation
in the re-entrant to the right of this has windows of 12 and 8
lights, and a balustraded parapet carries round the whole. The
end wall of the 3-storey main range behind the entrance block
has a triangular chimney feature up the centre, splayed
corners with transomed windows wrapped round, its south front
has coupled 6-light windows to all floors, and a high pierced
parapet carries round the whole; and attached to its further
end, enclosing an extruded chimney stack, is an early C20
single-storey stone link to the church. The set-back wing on
the north side has (inter alia) a 3-stage 6-light
stair-window. The rear is a 4-window range with sill-bands,
string-course over 2nd floor, plain parapet, and
mullion-and-transom windows mostly of 6 and 4 lights, with
hoodmoulds. (C20 addition at north end.) Forms group with the
Church of the Holy Name (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SJ8477096478

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26539414

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Recommended Books

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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Liverpool: Pevsner City Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Churches: An Architectural Guide (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)