Report - St Peter & St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, Bolton, Greater Manchester - December 2023

[MotionlessMike]

Built in 1897 at a cost of £20,000 to the designs of architects Sinnott, Sinnott & Powell who were
responsible for a number of Roman Catholic churches in the North West.

Some details from taking-stock.org;

[...]a prominent building with a tall tower and a large presbytery, which forms part of the overall
composition. Apart from the tower and the porch, the exterior of the church is plain and austere,
faced in harsh red brick and without ornamentation. The interior has an impressive grandeur, with a
tall nave, arcades of granite columns, and a sanctuary with monumental Gothic reredos. The detail, however, is heavy and mechanical, and the design is conservative for its date. The most interesting feature is the Lady Chapel, which was remodelled in the 1920s as a War Memorial, and further embellished in 1933.

The presbytery was vacated in 1994 with the church closing in 2010.

Visited with @Mr Budge at the arse end of a day of fails in the Greater Manchester area

Had to 'potato' up the ISO here

Bit of bell to end with...

Overall, not a bad wander really. Nice and chilled. Catholic churches are always nice, probably due to the OTT religious imagery they always seem to have!​

 

[mookster]

*sharp intake of breath*

Ooof.

 

[host]

Very nice indeed.

 

[Mr Budge]

failure was not an option

 

[JakeV50]

Some beautiful colours in there. Nice one.

 

[2pac82]

Built in 1897 at a cost of £20,000 to the designs of architects Sinnott, Sinnott & Powell who were
responsible for a number of Roman Catholic churches in the North West.

Some details from taking-stock.org;

[...]a prominent building with a tall tower and a large presbytery, which forms part of the overall
composition. Apart from the tower and the porch, the exterior of the church is plain and austere,
faced in harsh red brick and without ornamentation. The interior has an impressive grandeur, with a
tall nave, arcades of granite columns, and a sanctuary with monumental Gothic reredos. The detail, however, is heavy and mechanical, and the design is conservative for its date. The most interesting feature is the Lady Chapel, which was remodelled in the 1920s as a War Memorial, and further embellished in 1933.

The presbytery was vacated in 1994 with the church closing in 2010.

Visited with @Mr Budge at the arse end of a day of fails in the Greater Manchester area

Had to 'potato' up the ISO here

Bit of bell to end with...

Overall, not a bad wander really. Nice and chilled. Catholic churches are always nice, probably due to the OTT religious imagery they always seem to have!​

This church is only 5 min away great explore
Great pictures did you get in round back over the wall where homeless centre is

 

[Calamity Jane]

Exceptional. One of the best sets Ive seen from here. Very sharp and nice saturation

 

[crusader]

Nice one, that's aged extremely well, not much vandalism either.
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[JaffaTB]

I loved this place, such a shame all that tile work and the war memorial is going to get demolished

 

[MotionlessMike]

I loved this place, such a shame all that tile work and the war memorial is going to get demolished

The little war memorial chapel bit is listed so it'll remain somehow!

 

[HughieD]

Another top find and fab report @MotionlessMike

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Very nice that shame the pews have gone but the tiling makes up for it.

 

[GRONK]

Wow, that’s bloody lovely

 

[MotionlessMike]

Thanks all

It's a nice church, yeah. I guess a small part of the inside being listed has pretty much doomed the place now though unfortunately!

 

[KPUrban_]

Cracking church this, an absolute pain to get in.