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A BEAUTIFUL OASIS OF PEACE
We open our church on Monday and Wednesday afternoons and at other times too. Everyone is welcome to join us for worship, or simply to spend some time in the stillness and quiet of our beautiful building.

  ARCHITECTURE

We have a very beautiful church building at St Chrysostoms. The building is in the early English style, and was built to the design of G. T Redmayne, who also designed the College of Art in Cavendish Street, Manchester, and dalton Hall, next door to St Chrysostoms.

Significant features include: the notable use of space by the architect, the Anson chapel (to the right of the main altar), fine quality oak panelling in the apse and in other parts of the Church, Burlison and Grylls stained glass windows, the stations of the cross, the distinctive reredos painting by the Leeds artist Graeme Wilson, the outtanding Hill organ of 1904, the Walter Pearce windows etc.



The main entrance in Oxford Place.

  WINDOWS

The artists who made the windows of St Chrysostom's church in the nineteenth century were influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style. The vestry minute book from 1905 states that the rector was to select designs for the chancel windows. These windows are under ornately decorated canopies.

The windows in the nave and apse are the work of the English stained glass company Burlison and gryls, and they are uniform in their design. They depict saints of England, and saints associated with the Church. There are also two fine windows commemorating the two great leaders of the Oxford Movement; Edward Bouverie Pusey and John Keble. 

One window in the side chapel was replaced by Burlison and Grylls from the original design and the other, war memorial window, is particularly interesting as an example of early twentieth century stained glass artists attempting to evolve a modern style in their work. It is the work of the Manchester Arts and Craft designer Walter Pierce.

There is a charming art deco style stained glass windows depicting angels in the Anson Chapel, it is probably the work of Walter Pearce. 


The nave and chancel.
  THE ANSON CHAPEL

is at the right hand side of the Chancel, and is a quiet chapel set aside for prayer, and the daily mass. The Blessed Sacrament is reserved here, and the chapel has lovely carved wood and stained glass windows. A particular feature is the number of archangels, and angels represented in the woodwork and windows.The Victoria Park and area war memorial is in the chapel.


Our vestry block contains a meeting room for up to 30 people (available for hire), the sacristy, and church office.


The Anson Chapel