Church Of St Andrew

MANCHESTER

SJ89SE STOCKPORT ROAD, Levenshulme 698-1/9/725 (West side) 03/10/74 Church of St Andrew

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Church. 1907-8, by R.B.Preston. Speckled whitened and red brick in header bond, with dressings of red brick and red terracotta, green slate roof. Free Perpendicular style. Aisled nave and chancel in one vessel, with small tower to north side and shallow canted apse to west end. The 8-bay south side has buttresses with swept pitched tops, that between the 5th and 6th bays much larger and breaking through the parapet; 2-centred arched windows of 3 lights in the 2nd and 4th bays and 2 lights in the others, with terracotta mullions and Perpendicular tracery including simplified mouchettes and cusps terminating in small circles like full-stops (giving a dotted texture), and hoodmoulds; and a gabled porch to the 1st bay with terracotta enrichment. The east gable (to the street), 3 bays with buttresses, has windows of 3, 5 and 3 lights with similar but more elaborate tracery, and a foundation stone dated September 1907; the apse at the west end has windows of 1, 3 and 1 lights, and a parapet. The north side has windows of 4, 3 and 3 lights; a small square tower in the centre with a 2-centred arched doorway, segmental-pointed belfry windows, embattled parapet and pyramidal roof; and a gabled porch at the west end with a doorway in its east side. Interior not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8777393356