Church of St Aidan is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 June 1988. Church.

Church of St Aidan

WRENN ID
sharp-entrance-pigeon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Manchester
Constituency
Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 June 1988
Type
Church
Address
Church of St Aidan, United Reform Church, Palatine Road
OS grid reference
SJ 841 917
Coordinates
53.42222, -2.23974
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Church of St Aidan, a Methodist church, was built in 1901 by architect Henry Lord. It is designed in a late Gothic style, constructed from red brick with terracotta dressings and a slate roof. The building features a four-bay nave with transepts and a chancel. There is a porch at the west gable end, supported by flying buttresses that rise to flank the west window, which contains three lancets set in a moulded blank arch. The sides of the church have coupled lancet windows, and there is a tall fleche on the roof. The transepts have coupled two-light traceried windows, while the chancel has a two-light Y-traceried east window.

Inside, the church boasts fine Art Nouveau stained glass created by Walter J. Pearce.

Local climate

Church of St Aidan sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,040 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 41 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 79% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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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