Description

SJ 97 NW POTT SHRIGLEY C.P. OFF SHRIGLEY ROAD (North Side)
Shrigley Park

5/99 Chapel of Missionary
College
14/4/1967 (Formerly listed as Church of
Shrigley Park)
GV II

Large Chapel: 1936-38, by Philip Tilden for Salesian Order. Squared
sandstone rubble with slate roof. The body is octagonal with
transepts projecting fron the 4 cardinal faces and small radiating
chapels between. The main aspect is symmetrical with gabled facade of
transept and clerestorey gable above. Triple Romanesque features to
ground floor with central, iron-bound doors, and pointed lancets
above. Small lead louvre in centre of main roof.
Interior: Roughly dressed stone with red sandstone bands and
dressings. Octagonal nave under domical vault, with ambulatory and
gallery over west door. Chancel has triple round-headed arches on 2
plain, sandstone pillars with Romanesque capitals above similar altar
in cream and purple marble. Pairs of round-headed sedilia to either
side. Paintings of St. John Bosco and the 12 stations of the cross by
the architect.

Pevsner considers the chapel an odd-man-out, yet very interesting.
(Pevsner and Hubbard).

Listing NGR: SJ9428879765

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q96270698

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Recommended Books

• 
  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings: The Law and Practice of Historic Buildings, Ancient Monuments and Conservation Areas
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
• 
  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)