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 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
An interwar suburban church of the late Gothic Revival, notable not so much for its architecture as for the high... Read More
A church of cathedral scale, built for the Jesuits in 1869-71 and one of J. A. Hansom's best designs. The tower was... Read More
A well-detailed, relatively modest post-war design by Reynolds & Scott, with an impressive and largely unaltered... Read More
A fine church of unusual design which exhibits strong character in the external massing and internal volumes. The... Read More
A typical church design of the 1970s, with a roof funnel and clerestory lighting. The exterior has some presence,... Read More
