St Clement’s Church Ducie Street (Dillon Street) Longsight Manchester

THE NEW CHURCH OF ST CLEMENT, LONGSIGHT - The foundation stone was laid yesterday, by the Bishop of Manchester, of a church for the new ecclesiastical district of St Clement, Longsight. The congregation for whose accommodation it is designed at present meet for worship in a school-church built some years ago in Grey Street, and is an offshoot from St Matthew’s Devonshire Street. The new edifice, the site of which is in Ducie Street, will be of brick, both inside and out; the inside being red, relieved with white. The plan comprises nave, aisle, chancel and chancel aisle; with a spacious porch, and a staircase leading to an end gallery. The chancel is apsidal with no window in its eastern face. Besides the church a new parsonage is to be commenced immediately, and the school accommodation is to be considerably increased. The designs for both the church and parsonage have been prepared by Messrs M and H Taylor, architects. [Manchester Guardian 27 May 1874 page 7]

THE NEW CHURCH OF ST. CLEMENT, LONGSIGHT— The foundation stone of this new church, in Ducie-street, was laid on the 26th by the Bishop of Manchester. The new edifice will be of brick, both inside and out; the inside being red, relieved with white. The plan comprises nave, aisle, chancel, and chancel aisle; with a spacious porch, and a staircase leading to an end gallery. The chancel is apsidal, with no window in its eastern face. Besides the church, a new parsonage is to be commenced immediately, and the school accommodation is to be considerably increased. The designs both for the church and parsonage have been prepared by Messrs M. and H. Taylor, architects, of Manchester. [British Architect 5 June 1874 page 365]

CONSECRATION OF ST CLEMENT’S CHURCH, LONGSIGHT - The new Church of St Clement, Ducie Street, Longsight the foundation stone of which was laid by the Bishop of Manchester on 26 May 1874, was consecrated by His Lordship yesterday. The work now completed by the consecration of this chuch was commenced about twelve years ago, when, on an adjacent plot, was begun the school church, in which for some years past service has been carried on. This school church has given rise to numerous other buildings, viz St Matthew’s Church, Ardwick; a second school adjoining St Clement’s School Church; St Matthew’s Rectory; St Matthew’s Middle Schools; St Clement’s parsonage, St Matthew’s National Schools (now nearly finished) the enlargement of St Clement’s Schools, and St Clement’s Church, now completed. The design is in an early pointed Gothic style, most of the windows being simple lancets. The chancel has four two-light windows, with a rose in each of the arched heads. The clerestory windows are large and lofty lancets, and between every other two is a small rose window of stone , filled with glass of varied colours and patterns. The church is built mainly of brick with stone dressings, red brick for the outside, and red and white inside. All the works have been designed and carried out by Messrs Medland and Henry Taylor, architects of Manchester. Mr George Napier is the general contractor for the church, and Mr Thomas Darnborough for the Parsonage. The church will seat about 650, but will hold more when occasionally required; and has cost, including heating apparatus, boundary walls, gates, railings pulpit, font and all the fittings, about ,5,100. [Manchester Guardian 20 January 1876 page 6]