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 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
The second Catholic church to be founded in Manchester in modern times, after St Chad Rook Street. Known since the late... Read More
A modern building with strong local presence and a striking interior. Some furnishings from the predecessor church by... Read More
An imposing building on a prominent corner site, by a little-known local architect, who built elsewhere in the diocese.... Read More
The church is typical of those in the area designed by Greenhalgh & Williams during the 1950s. This example is more... Read More
A modest post-Vatican II church with an attractive exterior mosaic and interior furnishings from closed or demolished... Read More
An impressive design by Reynolds & Scott, with a complex vaulted interior. There has been relatively little... Read More
The successor church to a chapel of 1776, the oldest post-Reformation Catholic mission in Manchester. The present... Read More
