Church Of St Philip

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SJ8298NE 949-1/19/92

SALFORD ST PHILIP'S PLACE (North side) Church of St Philip

31/01/52

II* Formerly known as: Church of St Philip BANK PLACE.

Anglican church. 1825. By Sir Robert Smirke. Ashlar, roof not visible. Neo-classical style. Undivided plan, with Ionic portico advanced to south with round bell-tower over.

EXTERIOR: expressed as two storeys for galleried interior. Symmetrical south front has central projecting bow-fronted porch with Ionic colonnade and balustraded parapet. Central door in simple Doric architrave flanked by round-arched windows. Above the parapet, the bell-tower rises: engaged fluted shafts with stripped-down Corinthian capitals carry cornice. Narrower upper stage has plain pilasters each side of round-arched openings (alternately blind), and domed stone cap. Further doors each side of portico, then three bays, with upper round-arched windows linked by continuous string course and sill-band over square lower windows in moulded architraves.

Three-bay east end with slightly advanced outer bays housing doorways with round-arched windows over. Tripartite pedimented window in central bay. North wall of nine bays with upper round-arched windows linked by continuous sill-band and string course. West front has advanced central bay with pediment, and three doorways, the central door having entablature carried on console brackets. Three round-arched windows above, part blind. Round-arched windows in outer bays, over blind lower windows.

INTERIOR not inspected.

The church is a reproduction of Smirke's Church of St Mary, Wyndham Place, London.

Listing NGR: SJ8264098619