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New Roman Catholic church, Rusholme, Manchester, 1862. Creator: Unknown
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New Roman Catholic church, Rusholme, Manchester, 1862. View of the new Roman Catholic Church [St Edward's Church] just erected in Thurloe-street, Rusholme, one of the suburbs of Manchester. The edifice is wholly built externally with Yorkshire stone "parpoints" and dressings of Hollington stone, and consists of a nave and side aisles, with apsidal chancel, and a lady chapel at the extremity of its south aisle. A tower at the south-western angle serves as a porch, and it is intended to be crowned with an octangular spire about 130ft. high. The style of architecture is Geometric Middle Pointed, the details being treated with considerable originality...The high altar will be of Caen stone, having pillars of serpentine, and a rich tabernacle and canopy. The church will seat about 600 worshippers, and its cost (exclusive of fittings, but inclusive of the spire and architect's commission) will be about £3200, £1000 of which is the gift of two brothers, Messrs. B, and P. O'Connor, of Rusholme. Mr. Edward W. Pugin is the architect; and Mr. John Eaton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, the builder'. The projected spire was never built. From "Illustrated London News", 1862
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This photograph showcases the newly constructed New Roman Catholic Church, also known as St Edward's Church, located in Thurloe-street, Rusholme, Manchester, in the year 1862. The edifice, built primarily with Yorkshire stone and Hollington stone accents, boasts a nave and side aisles, an apsidal chancel, and a lady chapel at the end of its south aisle. A tower at the south-western angle serves as both a porch and the intended base for an octagonal spire, which was planned to reach a height of approximately 130 feet. The architectural style of the church is Geometric Middle Pointed, with intricate details displaying a notable degree of originality. The high altar was designed to be made of Caen stone, featuring serpentine pillars, a rich tabernacle, and a canopy. The church could accommodate around 600 worshippers, and its construction cost, excluding fittings but including the spire and architect's commission, amounted to about £3200. Two brothers, Messrs. B. and P. O'Connor, of Rusholme, generously donated £1000 towards the church's construction. Edward W. Pugin served as the architect, and John Eaton, of Ashton-under-Lyne, was the builder. Despite the plans, the projected spire was never built, leaving this magnificent structure as it stands today, a testament to the religious and architectural history of Manchester in the mid-19th century.
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