St Clement's Church, Ordsall

St Clement's Church is a Grade II listed building on Hulton Street, Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Anglican Diocese of Manchester.

St Clement's Church, Ordsall
St Clement's Church, Ordsall, from the northwest
St Clement's Church, Ordsall Location in Greater Manchester
OS grid reference	SJ 818,973
Location	Groves Avenue, Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Clement, Ordsall
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	18 January 1980
Architect(s)	Paley and Austin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1877
Completed	1878 (1878)
Administration
Parish	Ordall and Salford Quays
Deanery	Salford
Archdeaconry	Salford
Diocese	Manchester
Province	York
Clergy
Priest(s)	Revd Sandra Kearney[1]

History

The church was built between 1877 and 1878, and was designed by the Lancaster architects Paley and Austin[2] at a cost of £9,000 (equivalent to £880,000 in 2019).[3] The land for the church was given by Lord Egerton, who also paid for the church and its parsonage.[4] The church closed in the 1980s, but re-opened around 2005.[5]

The Anglican[5] parish church[2] is located on Groves Avenue,[1] off Hulton Street, Ordsall, Salford, Greater Manchester.[2] It can be seen from the Eccles line of the Manchester Metrolink.[1] It is in the deanery of Salford, the archdeaconry of Salford and the diocese of Manchester.[5] Its current minister is Rev. Sandra Kearney.[1]

The church can be seen in the first set of closing titles of Coronation Street. Nearby St. Clement's Drive was built on the site of Archie Street, which was the model for Coronation Street itself.

Architecture

St Clement's is constructed in red brick and terracotta and has a tiled roof. It is designed in a 13th-century gothic style. Its plan consists of a seven-bay nave with a clerestory, a chancel[2] and north and south aisles.[6] Above the chancel is a flèche with cladding in Westmorland slate. The nave and chancel are divided by buttresses across the aisles. Along the aisles are seven three-light windows. The clerestory contains round windows. The east end contains a five-light window, above which is an arch and gable with three stepped blind lancets, as well as heavy angle buttresses.[2] At the west end is an unusual gabled portal in moulded brick with a roundel in terracotta containing tracery.[4]

Inside the church the arcades are carried on round sandstone piers.[6] The chancel is floored with Doulton tiles, and on its walls are murals depicting religious scenes, also in Doulton tiles.[2] It also contains a tripartite sedilia.[6] The chancel is vaulted.[4] Part of the nave has been partitioned to form a meeting room.[2] The two-manual organ was built by Willis.[7]

It was designated as a Grade II listed building on 18 January 1980.[2]

It also has an associated community hall.[5]

See also

• Listed buildings in Salford, Greater Manchester
• List of ecclesiastical works by Paley and Austin

References

1. "St Clement's, Ordsall & Salford Quays". Salford Churches. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
2. Historic England. "Church of St Clement, Salford (1386139)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
3. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
4. Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012). The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin. Swindon: English Heritage. pp. 108, 230. ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8.
5. "St Clement, Ordsall & Salford Quays, Ordsall, Salford". Church of England. Retrieved 17 March 2015.
6. 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. 635. ISBN 0-300-10583-5.
7. "Lancashire (Manchester, Greater), Salford, St. Clement, Ordsall (N04362)". British Institute of Organ Studies. Retrieved 17 March 2015.