Church of St Anne Trinity Road and Church Road Sale Moor
The original architect was William Hayley and due to him must be the thin cast iron piers, set as twins in depth and endowed with ignorant Early English details. However, the church was altered and extended in 1860, 1864 and 1887. John Lowe was the architect for the 1864 and 1867 work. [Pevsner Cheshire page 329]
SALE MOOR —At Sale, near Stretford, according to the Manchester Courier, the foundation stone of a new church, about to be erected in the parish of Ashton-upon-Mersey, was laid on Saturday in last week. The site is about half a mile from the railway station at Sale, on the road leading to Northenden. £2,940 have already been obtained, and a contract for the erection, amounting to £2,318 has been entered into. The total expense, including endowment and repair fund, will be £3,900; so that about £1,000 more will be required. The church, which is dedicated to St. Ann, will be a Gothic edifice, in the Decorated style. The tower is to be placed at the north-west angle of the nave, and will be three stories high. In the first story is the principal entrance to the church. Surmounting the tower will be a light spire, 60 feet high. In the east end will be a four-light, and the west end a five-light window, both filled in with tracery. The sides are to have three and two-light windows. The transepts also will have three-light windows, all filled in with tracery heads. The whole of the church is to be built of stone; that for the dressings and moulded work is to be procured from Lymm, and the wall-stone from the neighbourhood of Penistone. The extreme length of the building will be 100 feet, and the width across the transepts 60 feet. The church will consist of nave, transepts, and chancel; the whole to have open timber roofs. The edifice will accommodate 500 persons; and provision is to be made for warming the building with hot water. The architect is Mr. William Hayley, of Manchester; and the builder is Mr Robert Neill, also of that city. [Builder 14 May 1853 page 310 ]
ST ANNE’S CHURCH, SALE MOOR – This church was opened for divine service on Friday, the 14th instant, when a sermon was preached by the Rev Canon Stowell. …. The church, which is built on a site presented, with a donation of £500 by Samuel Brooks Esq, is in a “decorated” style of architecture, which prevailed in the 14thcentury. The tower is placed at the north-west angle of the nave and is three storeys high. In the first storey is the principal entrance of the church, which consists of a bold canopied doorway, above which is placed a two-light window with tracery; at the corners of the tower are angle buttresses, over which, supported by gargoyles, are crocketted pinnacles terminating in finials, the highest part of which is 70 feet over the ground line. The parapet is composed of open tracery; surmounting the tower is an elegant spire 60 feet high. At the east end is a beautiful five-light window, and at the west end a four-light one. The side windows are of two and three lights alternatively. The transepts have three-light windows filled with rich tracery. The buttresses are of two stages, the whole being built of stone. The extreme length of the church is 100 feet, and across the transepts 60 feet, part of the roof being open timbers, and the intersection of nave chancel and transepts having a groined ceiling in imitation of stone architecture, giving the whole a beautiful effect. The whole has been completed from the designs and under the superintendence of Mr William Hayley, architect, Manchester. The cost of the church including endowments and fittings has been £4,200. It contains nearly 600 sittings, one-third of which are free. [Manchester Guardian 22 July 1854 page 6]
SALE MOOR - The church of St. Anne’s, Sale Moor, was opened on 14th ult. The church which is built on a site presented with a donation of £500 by Mr Samuel Brookes, of Manchester, is in the decorated style of the 14th century. The tower is at the north-west angle of the nave, and is three stages high. In the basement is the principal entrance, beneath a bold canopied doorway; above there is a two-light window, with tracery. At the corners of the tower are angle buttresses, over which, supported by gargoyles, are crocketted pinnacles, terminating in finials, the summit of which are 70 feet above the ground line. The parapet is composed of open tracery. Surmounting the tower is a spire, 60 feet high. At the east end is a five-light window; at the west-end, one of four lights; the side windows, two and three lights alternately: the transepts have three-light windows, the whole filled with tracery. The buttresses are in two stages, the whole being built of stone. The extreme length of the building is 100 feet, and across the transepts is 60 feet. Part of the roof is open timbered, the intersection of nave, chancel and transepts having a groined ceiling, in imitation of stoned arching. The edifice has been completed from the designs of and under the superintendence of Mr W Hayley, of Manchester, architect. The cost, including endowments and fittings, is 4200l, nearly all raised by voluntary contributions, chiefly from the neighbourhood. The building contains nearly 600 sittings, over one-third free. A marble font has been presented to the church by Mr Earl, and a stained window for the vestry by Mr Hurlbutt. [The Builder 5 August 1854]
Reference Builder 14 May 1853 page 310 - foundation
Reference Manchester Guardian 22 July 1854 page 6- opening out 235
Reference The Builder 5th August 1854
Reference Pevsner Hubbard. The Buildings of England, Cheshire 1971 page 329