Description

MANCHESTER

SJ89NE ASHTON NEW ROAD, Beswick And Clayton
698-1/5/525 (North side)
18/12/63 Church of St Cross
(Formerly Listed as:
ASHTON NEW ROAD, Clayton
Church of St Cross)

II*

Church. 1863-66, by William Butterfield. Red brick with
multiple bands of sandstone and blue brick, much blue brick
diapering, and sandstone dressings; steeply-pitched slate
roofs. Gothic "Middle Pointed" style. Tall 7-bay nave with low
north and south aisles, west narthex, south west tower with
south porch, full-height 2-bay chancel with low transepts. The
tower is narrow and tall, with slender angle buttresses and a
steep pyramidal roof of banded slate, and has a gabled south
porch with 2-centred arched doorway, very narrow lancets to
the next 2 stages, and triple-lancet louvred belfry windows.
The nave has a lean-to 3-bay narthex at the west end, with a
cusped doorway flanked by square-headed windows, and above
this three 2-light west windows with quatrefoils in the heads
and a simple plate-traceried rose window above; and tall
2-light clerestory windows. The chancel has 2 pairs of similar
clerestory windows, and a 5-light east window set very high.
The aisles have 2-centred arched 2-light windows alternately
paired and single; and the transepts have twin gables and 2
windows like those of the aisles. Interior: 5-bay aisle
arcades with quatrefoil piers, 2-centred double-chamfered
arches and diapered spandrels; banded aisles and clerestory,
diapered west end; arch-braced roof trusses; high chancel
arch; geometrical-pattern painted panelling to chancel with
carved stiff-leaf frieze, and above this trefoil-headed blank
arcading with polished shafts.

Listing NGR: SJ8801698539

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Church of St Cross, Clayton at Wikipedia
• Church of St Cross, Clayton official website
• Wikidata Q5117389

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Recommended Books

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  [(Shropshire)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1958)
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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990