Stephen Joseph Studio

{{Short description|Former church in United Kingdom}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}

{{Use British English|date=March 2015}}

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| former_names = German Protestant Church, Greenheys

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| architectural_style = Neo-Gothic

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| location = Chorlton on Medlock

| owner = University of Manchester

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| coordinates = {{coord|53|27|49.46|N|2|14|3.73|W|type:landmark|display=inline,title}}

| start_date = 1871 (?)

| completion_date = Prior to 1895

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The Stephen Joseph Studio is a former German Protestant Church, now part of the University of Manchester,{{cite web | url=http://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/BusinessUnits/DesignServicesUnit/Buildinglist.asp | title=University of Manchester, Directorate of Estates, Building list | access-date=2008-03-22 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080309002739/http://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/BusinessUnits/DesignServicesUnit/Buildinglist.asp | archive-date=9 March 2008 | df=dmy-all }} in Greenheys, Manchester, England. It used to lie on Wright Street (off Ducie Street),{{cite web | url=http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/MossSide/WrightStGermanProtestant.shtml| title=Wright St German Protestant, Greenheys| publisher=Genuki | accessdate=2009-04-25}} a street which no longer exists (grid reference {{gbmappingsmall|SJ845963}}). It was mentioned in the Manchester Directory for 1858, with the pastor's name H. E. Marotsky (Hermann Eduard Marotsky); it should not be confused with the German Church in John Dalton Street, established by Joseph Steinthal in 1854.Frangopulo (1962) p. 116 gives a date of 1871, perhaps the date of this building It was first occupied by the university in 1949 and had various uses before its use by the Department of Drama.{{cite book | title=Manchester | author=Hartwell | year=2001 | pages=119 | isbn=0-300-09666-6}}

The main entrance lies on the west side of the building, with a side entrance on the north. The east side features a rose window. The building houses seven lecture rooms, with space for up to 179 students.{{cite web| url=http://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/BusinessUnits/TeachingSupport/Catalogue/Sdetail.asp?ro=Stephen%20Joseph| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080329020223/http://www.estates.manchester.ac.uk/BusinessUnits/TeachingSupport/Catalogue/Sdetail.asp?ro=Stephen%20Joseph| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-03-29| author=University of Manchester — Directorate of Estates| title=Catalogue of Central Teaching and Meeting Rooms — Stephen Joseph| access-date=2008-03-22}} It is named after Stephen Joseph, the pioneer of theatre in the round. Since the late 1970s the Mansfield Cooper Building has stood to the south-west.