Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Dormition of The Holy Mary Mother Of God, and associated boundary walls and gate piers is a Grade II listed building in the Salford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 May 2023. Church. 2 related planning applications.
Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Dormition of The Holy Mary Mother Of God, and associated boundary walls and gate piers
- WRENN ID
- floating-window-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Salford
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 May 2023
- Type
- Church
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a Ukrainian Catholic Church of the Dormition of the Holy Mary Mother of God. It was originally built in 1881 as a Congregational church Sunday school and converted to its current use in 1954 by AH Davies-Colley.
The church is constructed of Kerridge sandstone with Alderley stone dressings, and has a slate roof. It is located to the west of Bury Old Road, oriented east-west, and features an aisled nave, an apse, and a narthex.
The architectural style is late Decorated Gothic. The east end is gabled with buttresses and a polygonal apse flanked by single-light windows with cusped heads, and two cusped oculi above. The north aisle and apse also feature cusped-head windows. The north wall incorporates aisle buttresses, ogee-head windows, and a clerestory of three, three-light cusped-head windows. A doorway on the north-east has a depressed arch, hoodmould with carved stops, and foliate carving in the tympanum. Double gables are present to the right, featuring pointed windows with tracery and stopped hoodmoulds. A polygonal projecting cellar stair is located at the right. The south wall mirrors the detailing and fenestration of the north wall, except lacking a doorway. A central hexagonal fleche rises from the nave, built of slate and lead. The west end has a flat-roofed narthex with a decorative parapet and entrances mirroring the north-east doorway. Flanking the entrances are polygonal projecting stairs. Two-light windows are set between the entrances, separated by a relief-carved datestone of 1881. A memorial plaque from 1983, in black granite, commemorates the Holodomor; it depicts a Tryzub (trident) symbol against a cross, ears of wheat, and inscriptions in Ukrainian and English, reading IN MEMORY / OF SEVEN / MILLION / VICTIMS OF / MOSCOW MADE / FAMINE IN / UKRAINE / 1932-1933. The parapet above bears the relief inscription, now heavily worn, BOYS / SUNDAY / SCHOOL / GIRLS. A cellar area is enclosed by original horned wrought-iron railings. The west wall has two pointed traceried windows, with a cusped oculus above.
The interior features leaded windows with some colour but no stained glass. A western choir loft has a panelled front, and the narthex contains stairs leading to cellar toilets. The nave roof is vaulted with hammerbeams braced on corbels. Paintings of the Evangelists adorn the spandrels of the nave arcades. The sanctuary apse incorporates wall paintings imitating gilded carvings, and a modern iconostasis crafted by Ukrainian craftsmen. An east wall painting depicts Christ enthroned.
The church is surrounded by a stone boundary wall, primarily on the east and north sides, with substantial chamfered and polygonal gate piers at the entrance.
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