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Grosvenor Square, MANCHESTER, M15 6BW

The first St. Augustine’s Church was built in 1820 on Granby Row, near the present day Manchester Piccadilly Train Station. This first Church was sold and demolished in 1905 to make way for the Manchester Technical College which in turn became UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) which merged with the Victoria University of Manchester to establish the University of Manchester in 2004. A second Church was built in 1908 on York Street where the Mancunian Way and the National Computer Centre now cross York Street. This Church, however, was destroyed during the Manchester Blitz of Christmas 1940. After the destruction of the second St. Augustine’s, the Holy Family Church on the present Grosvenor Square site became the parish church. The Holy Family Church,which had previously been a chapel for a Welsh Methodist congregation and later served as the place of worship for the newly founded St. Bede’s College, was demolished in 1966 and the present Church of St Augustine of Canterbury was built on the same site using money from the government's War Damage Commission. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour9/area9page11.html Manchester History Net

Built 1967-68 to the designs of Desmond Williams & Associates. "In the first generation of R.C. churches designed for the new liturgy". Grade II listed. More background here Image

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On the Lower Ormond Street side of All Saints Park.

On the Lower Ormond Street side of All Saints Park.

Artwork on the front of the church building which is on the Lower Ormond Street side of All Saints Park.

On the Lower Ormond Street side of All Saints Park.

The Grade II listed https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1392331?section=official-list-entry Roman Catholic Church 1967-8, by Desmond Williams & Associates is of load-bearing dark brown brick construction with felt roofs supported on Vierendeel girders, with rear range in brick and timber cladding. The original St Augustine's was one of the oldest Roman Catholic churches in Manchester, having been established at Granby Row in 1820. This church was sold in 1905 to make way for the Manchester Municipal Technical College, and a new church built on York Street. This church was destroyed in the Manchester Blitz of 1940. The present site previously housed a chapel of ease in a building bought from the Methodists in the 1870s. It had briefly been a separate parish, but in 1908 was amalgamated with St Augustine's parish. After the War it was the only surviving church in the parish. The new St Augustine's was built here with the help of a grant from the War Damage Commission, at a cost of £138,000, when it was clear that the original building was inadequate. The new building was opened in 1968 and consecrated in 1970.

Latest Georgian house, dated 1831. Only the noble facade is original. Red brick with a few stone dressings including an Ionic doorcase. Grade II listed. Now offices of Manchester Metropolitan University.

The first St. Augustine’s Church was built in 1820 on Granby Row, near the present day Manchester Piccadilly Train Station. This first Church was sold and demolished in 1905 to make way for the Manchester Technical College which in turn became UMIST (University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology) which merged with the Victoria University of Manchester to establish the University of Manchester in 2004. A second Church was built in 1908 on York Street where the Mancunian Way and the National Computer Centre now cross York Street. This Church, however, was destroyed during the Manchester Blitz of Christmas 1940. After the destruction of the second St. Augustine’s, the Holy Family Church on the present Grosvenor Square site became the parish church. The Holy Family Church,which had previously been a chapel for a Welsh Methodist congregation and later served as the place of worship for the newly founded St. Bede’s College, was demolished in 1966 and the present Church of St Augustine of Canterbury was built on the same site using money from the government's War Damage Commission. http://manchesterhistory.net/manchester/tours/tour8/area8Apage11.html Manchester History Net