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).
The chapel is a modest nineteenth century stone building of no particular architectural significance, but making a... Read More
A utilitarian structure of the 1960s, built as a dual-purpose church and parish hall. Irlam was an undeveloped area... Read More
A church of some architectural character built through the patronage of the de Trafford family. It is little altered... Read More
An unusual combination of a small parish church and a modern pilgrimage shrine, with split ownership but a shared... Read More
A modern Gothic design by Desmond Williams, while still working for Arthur Farebrother & Partners. The interior,... Read More
A modest church-cum-hall of the early 1960s. Little Hulton was an isolated settlement prior to expansion with the... Read More
A red brick and terracotta Gothic Revival design of the turn of the twentieth century, with a striking west front. The... Read More
A simple church dating from 1975 with a strong geometrical design and a well-crafted interior. It takes the form of a... Read More
An interwar church in simplified Romanesque style which forms part of a conspicuous roadside group with the presbytery... Read More
A large Gothic Revival town church of the 1880s, by a little-known Preston architect. The church is of significance... Read More
A Gothic Revival church built by the Ampleforth Benedictines, starting in 1912-13 and finishing in a plainer but... Read More
An architecturally accomplished and little-altered building, particularly notable for the manner in which the... Read More
