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 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
A plain interwar church built to a standard design used by the architect Richard Byrom elsewhere in the diocese. The... Read More
A modest 1960s combined church and parish hall of portal frame construction. It is built on part of the site of the... Read More
A solid mid-Victorian Gothic Revival church by a local architect which retains a good set of fittings from the 1870s... Read More
A modest design by Reynolds & Scott, built to serve a growing part of the Oldham suburbs, its simplicity reflecting... Read More
A well-detailed and little-altered large urban church in modern basilican Romanesque style by Harold Greenhalgh, a... Read More
