St_Philip's_Church,_Salford
St Philip's Church, Salford
Church in Greater Manchester, England
St Philip's Church is an Anglican parish church in the diocese of Manchester, in the deanery and archdeaconry of Salford. The church was renamed in 2016 as Saint Philip's Chapel Street. It is located at Wilton Place, off Chapel Street in Salford, Greater Manchester, England.
| Saint Philip's Chapel Street | |
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St Philip's Church, Salford, from the south | |
| 53.4840°N 2.2631°W / 53.4840; -2.2631 | |
| OS grid reference | SJ 826 986 |
| Location | Wilton Place, Salford, Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Denomination | Church of England |
| Website | St Philip, Salford |
| History | |
| Former name(s) | The Parish Church of Saint Philip |
| Status | Parish church |
| Dedication | Philip the Apostle |
| Consecrated | 21 September 1825 |
| Architecture | |
| Functional status | Active |
| Heritage designation | Grade II* |
| Designated | 31 January 1952 |
| Architect(s) | Sir Robert Smirke |
| Architectural type | Church |
| Style | Greek Revival |
| Groundbreaking | 1822 |
| Completed | 1824; 200 years ago (1824) |
| Construction cost | £14,670[1] |
| Specifications | |
| Number of spires | 1 |
| Materials | Dressed stone |
| Administration | |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | Manchester |
| Archdeaconry | Salford |
| Deanery | Salford |
| Parish | St Philip with St Stephen, Salford |
| Clergy | |
| Rector | Rev Gareth Robinson |
| Curate(s) | Rev Matthew Brinicombe |
The structure is registered as a Grade II* listed building on England's National Heritage List. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a subsidy from the Church Building Commission for its erection. Sir Robert Smirke, the church's architect, reused his design for St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, London. The tower design was also employed at Wandsworth's St Anne's Church.
Smirke designed the church, which was completed between 1822 and 1824. The Church Building Commission provided a grant of £16,804 (equivalent to £1,510,000 in 2020) to help fund its construction. [A] J. Medland Taylor reorganised the inside of the church in 1895. The neighbouring church of St Stephen closed in 1962, and the parishes amalgamated to form St Philip with St Stephen.
Exterior
The exterior of St Philip's is made of ashlar stone. It was built in the Greek Revival style. It features an undivided design, with a bell tower atop a semi-circular portico to the south. The church's body is divided into two levels. The upper floor windows are round-headed, while the lower-storey windows are straight-headed. On the north and south sides, are nine bays, and on the east and west sides, are three bays. The portico encloses a semi-circular porch, covering the central three bays on the south side. An Ionic colonnade with a balustraded parapet supports the portico. Plain pilasters separate the bell tower's round-arched apertures, which are alternately open and blind. Above this stage there are four clock faces, and the summit is capped by a dome.[2] The clock was made by Whitehurst and Company of Derby.[1] On the west front are three doorways; the central bay projects slightly forwards, and has a pedimented doorway.[2]
Interior
The church's interior has galleries on three sides. The stained glass in the east window dates from the middle to late 19th Century; it was designed by R. B. Edmundson of Manchester. In the southeast chapel is a memorial to the First World War by Humphries, Jackson and Ambler, also of Manchester.[1]
Organ
The two-manual organ was made by Renn and Boston in 1829. It was moved forwards from a position above the west door to the west gallery in 1873 by Alex Young and Company, who also carried out modifications. The organ was cleaned and restored in 1915 by Wadsworth and Company.[3] In 1963, Noel Mander, performed further restoration of the organ including reversing some of 1873 modifications to maintain its historic character.[4][5]
Services and other activities
St Philips provides worship service at 9:30am (Common Worship Communion service), 10:45am (contemporary service, including groups for children), and 6:30pm (contemporary service, including groups for young people) each Sunday.
The church is used for concerts, recitals and community activities.[5] It is open to visitors between 10am and 4pm on Wednesdays.[6]
It runs community activities, groups, and initiatives throughout the week, including Alpha for those exploring the Christian faith, Chapel Tots, Kids Life for primary school aged children, Bags of Hope, and student groups.
Saint Philips works with St Philip's Church of England Primary School, located on Barrow Street.
A The size of the grant was greater than the actual construction cost (as shown in the infobox) because it also included contributions towards the cost of the site, legal fees, etc.[7]
- Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 619, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
- Historic England, "Church of St Philip, Salford (1386165)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 12 December 2011
- "NPOR [N01588]", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 2 July 2020
- "NPOR [N06094]", National Pipe Organ Register, British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 2 July 2020
- Scott, J. "Organ recital series". Retrieved 25 December 2022.
- St Philip with St Stephen, Salford, Church of England, retrieved 12 December 2011
- Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818–1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 327, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4
- Saint Philips Chapel Street Website