Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. A C20 Church.

Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick

WRENN ID
knotted-cobalt-brook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 June 1994
Type
Church
Address
Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick, Livesey Street
OS grid reference
SJ 850 993
Coordinates
53.49021, -2.22608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick, built in 1936 by H. Greenhalgh, is located on Livesey Street in Miles Platting, Manchester. This church is constructed of red brick with white stone dressings and features a slate roof, showcasing a Romanesque style. The building has a nave flanked by north and south aisles, a west tower, and an apsidal sanctuary.

The facade is stepped and symmetrical, highlighted by a square central tower that has a narrow set-back and slightly lower side sections. At each end of the aisles, there are square two-storey porches, all adorned with stone parapets and flat roofs. The tower features a giant blank arch that contains a shallow portal with a round-headed doorway, which is topped with a mosaic tympanum. There are three round-headed lancet windows framed in white stone. The side sections have tall lancets, while the porches have doorways similar to the central one, including tympanums, but are generally simpler, with small round-headed windows above.

Inside, the church has an impressive basilican layout, with aisle arcades made of yellow marble, featuring carved concave capitals and round-headed arches with panelled soffits. The ceiling is coffered, and there is a round-headed sanctuary arch leading to the apse, which is decorated with gilt and coloured mosaics.

Local climate

Roman Catholic Church of St Patrick sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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