St Margaret's Church, Burnage
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| name = St Margaret's Church, Burnage
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| country = England
| osgraw = SJ 867 927
| location = Burnage, Manchester
| churchmanship = Conservative Evangelical
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| website = [http://www.stmargaret.co.uk/ St Margaret, Burnage]
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| consecrated date = 15 March 1875
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| status = Parish church
| functional status = Active
| heritage designation = Grade II
| designated date = 9 February 2012
| architect = Paley and Austin
| architectural type = Church
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| groundbreaking = 1874
| completed date = 1926
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| materials = Sandstone
| parish = St Margaret, Burnage
| deanery = Manchester North & East
| archdeaconry = Manchester
| diocese = Manchester
| province = York
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| rector = Revd Matthew Calladine
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| reader = Pearl Hardy, Peter Miller, Peter Capon
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| warden = Jane Franklin,
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St Margaret's Church is in Burnage Lane, Burnage, a neighbourhood of Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Heaton, the archdeaconry of Manchester, and the diocese of Manchester.{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/burnage-st-margaret/| title = St Margaret, Burnage| access-date = 24 July 2011| publisher = Church of England}} It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a Grade II listed building, having been designated on 9 February 2012.{{NHLE |num= 1407271|desc= St Margaret's Church and War Memorial Lych Gate, Burnage |accessdate= 14 February 2012|mode=cs2}}
History
The church was built in 1874–75 and designed by the Lancaster partnership of Paley and Austin.{{Harvnb|Hartwell|Hyde|Pevsner|2004|pp=409–410.}} It was consecrated on 15 March 1875 by the Bishop of Manchester.{{Citation | url = http://www.stmargaret.co.uk/church-history-x/| title = Church History| access-date = 24 July 2011| publisher = St Margaret's Church, Burnage}} It initially consisted of a three-bay nave, a chancel and a south aisle, providing seating for about 200 people. The site for the church was given by Lord Egerton of Tatton Park.{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=228.}} In 1881–82 the same architects added the bellcote,{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=232.}} followed by the clergy vestry, a reredos and the organ screen in 1885.{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=235.}} In 1901 the successors in the practice, Austin and Paley added the north aisle at a cost of £3,000 (equivalent to £{{formatnum:{{Inflation|UK|3000|1901|{{Inflation-year|UK}}|r=-4}}}} as of {{Inflation-year|UK|mode=cs2}}).{{Inflation-fn|UK|df=y}}{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=244.}} Further work was carried out on the west end of the church by the same practice in 1925–26, and a baptistry, and two porches were added.{{Harvnb|Brandwood|Austin|Hughes|Price|2012|p=251.}} In 1998 the oak pulpit and choir stalls were removed, and the pews were replaced by chairs.
Architecture
St Margaret's is constructed in sandstone. Its plan consists of a three-bay nave, north and south aisles, a south porch, a baptistery, and a chancel. The architectural style is Decorated.{{Harvnb|Price|1998|p=81.}} In the Buildings of England series, the authors describe the interior as "well-proportioned", and with a "single-framed roof". The reredos dates from 1885. The memorials to the World Wars have been designed to match the reredos; the inscriptions are on small tiles, separated by gold mosaic. The stained glass includes a window in the south aisle dated 1894 depicting Faith, Hope and Charity. In the south wall of the chancel is a window dating from about 1920 by Walter J. Pearce, and in the east of the south aisle is a window from about 1950 by T. F. Wilford. Also dating from 1950 is a window in the baptistery depicting Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies. The two-manual organ was built by George Sixsmith and Son in 1973.{{National Pipe Organ Register|id=N09330|mode=cs2|access-date=29 June 2020}} It replaced an earlier three-manual organ.{{National Pipe Organ Register|id=N02427|mode=cs2|access-date=29 June 2020}}
See also
{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{Citation | last = Brandwood| first = Geoff| last2 = Austin| first2 = Tim| last3 = Hughes| first3 = John| last4 = Price| first4 = James| year = 2012| title = The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin| publication-place = Swindon| publisher = English Heritage| isbn = 978-1-84802-049-8}}
- {{Citation | last =Hartwell | first =Clare | last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew | last3 = Pevsner | first3 = Nikolaus | author3-link = Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title =Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East | publisher =Yale University Press | year =2004 | location =New Haven and London | isbn =0-300-10583-5 }}
- {{Citation | last = Price| first = James| year = 1998| title = Sharpe, Paley and Austin: A Lancaster Architectural Practice 1836–1942| publication-place = Lancaster| publisher = Centre for North-West Regional Studies| isbn = 1-86220-054-8 }}
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Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in Greater Manchester
Category:Paley and Austin buildings
Category:Church of England church buildings in Greater Manchester
Category:Anglican Diocese of Manchester
Category:Grade II listed churches in Manchester
Category:Conservative evangelical Anglican churches in England