Roman Catholic Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery is a Grade II listed building in the Manchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1994. Chapel. 1 related planning application.
Roman Catholic Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery
- WRENN ID
- ancient-doorway-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Manchester
- Constituency
- Manchester Withington MP: Jeff Smith (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1994
- Type
- Chapel
- Address
- Roman Catholic Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery, Barlow Moor, M21 7GL
- OS grid reference
- SJ 829 923
- Coordinates
- 53.42798, -2.25785
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Roman Catholic Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery is a cemetery chapel built in 1879. It is constructed from coursed sandstone rubble and features a slate roof adorned with red cockscomb ridge tiles, showcasing a Gothic style. The chapel has a short nave that includes a north-west tower and a south-west porch.
The nave is supported by angle-buttresses and has two lancet windows in the south gable wall, with an oculus above them, and a single-light window on the side. The four-stage tower on the left is designed with stages that are successively set back, culminating in an octagonal top stage. This tower features clasping buttresses, a two-centred arched doorway on the south side, a cusped lancet window on the west side, an octagonal belfry with small louvred windows, and a short spire. The gabled porch has a large two-centred arched doorway with chamfered jambs and a moulded head, along with a coped gable topped with an apex cross.
The interior has not been inspected. This chapel, along with the Church of England chapel and Nonconformist chapel, forms part of an intact set of three chapels that vary in form but share a similar style.
Local climate
Roman Catholic Chapel in Manchester Southern Cemetery 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 83% 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 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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