St James' Church, Broughton

St James' Church, Broughton
St James' Church, Broughton, from the northwest
St James' Church, Broughton Location in Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°30′19″N 2°15′08″W / 53.5054°N 2.2521°W / 53.5054; -2.2521
Location	Great Cheetham Street East, Broughton, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St James, Broughton
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Completed	1879
Administration
Parish	St James Hope
Deanery	Salford
Archdeaconry	Salford
Diocese	Manchester
Clergy
Rector	Revd Edwin Alan Crofton

St James' Church, Broughton, is located in Great Cheetham Street East, Broughton, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church, in the deanery of Salford, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. Its benefice has been combined with those of St John the Evangelist, Broughton, and St Clement with St Matthias, Lower Broughton.^[1]

History

The church was built in 1879, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin.^[2]

Architecture

St James' Church is constructed in brick, and it has brick tracery in its windows. It has a tall bellcote at the west end of the nave. The nave windows have pointed arches, while those in the chancel have flat heads. The other features of the church include sheer gables and large buttresses. The authors of the Buildings of England series comment that "it is a good building, but not outstanding, as Paley & Austin's can be".^[2]

See also

• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

1. ^ St James, Higher Broughton, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/higher-broughton-st-james/, retrieved 31 August 2011 
2. ^ ^{a b} 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. 631, ISBN 0-300-10583-5