The Diocese of Salford was founded in 1850. It covers a relatively small geographical area in the north west of England, extending to the north into Lancashire, west towards Liverpool, south towards northern Cheshire and east towards the Pennines. The cathedral is in Salford, and is dedicated to St John the Evangelist. 184 churches were visited for Taking Stock (2014).
A good example of the somewhat eclectic architectural style adopted for churches at the end of the nineteenth century,... Read More
A large portal framed church by Greenhalgh & Williams, somewhat Brutalist in character, but retaining some original... Read More
The west end and nave were built to the designs of the noted Catholic architectural practice Goldie & Child in... Read More
A well-detailed and little-altered modern Romanesque design of the late 1950s, its tall campanile a local landmark.In... Read More
A red brick and terracotta Gothic Revival church, possibly an early work by Harold Greenhalgh, built shortly before the... Read More
A striking modern building dominated by a strong pattern of flat roof-planes stepping down from a tall tower behind the... Read More
A modest building of the early 1960s, originally intended principally as a parish hall. The simply fitted... Read More
A modestly-sized and well-detailed design of the 1960s by Desmond Williams, in a simplified modern Gothic style, and... Read More
A modern ecumenical church in the centre of Nelson, whose ownership is shared by Catholics and Methodists. It is the... Read More
A plain Gothic Revival church, started in 1904-5 and extended to the east about fifty years later, in contrasting... Read More
A plain interwar combined school-chapel, replacing an earlier dual use building on the site. The mission and the church... Read More
Built in the late 1950s, and of limited architectural interest. Together with the earlier church/school, which is now... Read More
