List of Commissioners' churches in Northeast and Northwest England explained

A Commissioners' church is an Anglican church in the United Kingdom built with money voted by Parliament as a result of the Church Building Act 1818, and subsequent related Acts. Such churches have been given a number of titles, including "Commissioners' Churches", "Waterloo Churches" and "Million Act Churches". In some cases the Commissioners provided the full cost of the new church; in other cases they provided a grant and the balance was raised locally. This list contains the Commissioners' churches in North East England and North West England

Key

Grade	Criteria
I	Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
II*	Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
II	Buildings of national importance and special interest.
"—" denotes a work that is not graded.

Churches

Name and location	Photograph	Date	Grant in £	Architect	Notes and refs.	Grade
St Peter, Blackburn, Lancashire		1819–22	8,000	John Palmer	Gothic Revival with a tower. Was listed in 1974, but closed and was demolished in 1976.^[1] ^[2]
St Peter, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester 53.484°N -2.1058°W		1821–24	13,191	Francis Goodwin	Gothic Revival with a west tower and pinnacles.
St George, Tyldesley, Greater Manchester 53.5135°N -2.4714°W		1821–24	9,706	Sir Robert Smirke	Gothic Revival with a tower and steeple. Chancel added 1886.
Holy Trinity, Hoghton, Chorley, Lancashire 53.7281°N -2.5851°W		1822–23	2,037	Robert Roper	Gothic Revival with four turrets. Rebuilt 1891.
St John, Workington, Cumbria 54.6417°N -3.5443°W		1822–23	10,488	Thomas Hardwick	Neoclassical Tuscan with porch and wooden cupola. Tower added in 1847 and chancel in 1881.
St Peter, Preston, Lancashire 53.7636°N -2.7082°W		1822–24	6,765	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a bell gable and clerestory. East tower with spire added 1851. Now part of the University of Central Lancashire.
St Philip, Salford, Greater Manchester 53.484°N -2.2631°W		1822–24	16,804	Sir Robert Smirke	Neoclassical Ionic with south porch and tower.
All Saints, Stand, Whitefield, Greater Manchester 53.5505°N -2.2981°W		1822–25	13,812	Sir Charles Barry	Gothic Revival with a tower and arcade.
St George, Chorley, Lancashire 53.6521°N -2.6292°W		1822–25	12,387	Thomas Rickman	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1891.
St Matthew, Campfield, Manchester		1822–25	16,733	Sir Charles Barry	Gothic Revival with a tower, spire and arcade. Demolished 1951.
St Paul, Preston, Lancashire 53.7624°N -2.6941°W		1822–25	6,221	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with corner turrets. Chancel added 1882. Now a radio studio.
St Thomas, Stockport, Greater Manchester 53.4035°N -2.155°W		1822–25	15,636	George Basevi	Neoclassical Ionic with east porch and west tower. Chancel added in 1890.
Holy Trinity, Bolton, Greater Manchester 53.5739°N -2.4268°W		1823–25	13,924	Philip Hardwick	Gothic Revival with a tower. Now redundant.
St Mary, West Rainton, County Durham 54.8158°N -1.4991°W		1824	550	John Anderson	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Rebuilt and replaced 1864.
St John, Gateshead Fell, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear 54.9383°N -1.5885°W		1824–25	1,000	John Ions	Gothic Revival style. Restored 1885.
St John the Evangelist, Farnworth, Greater Manchester 53.5485°N -2.3879°W		1824–26	6,704	Thomas Hardwick	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1871.
St Martin in the Fields, Liverpool, Merseyside 53.4212°N -2.9845°W		1825–28	19,948	John Foster, junior	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Damaged by bombing, closed 1946; demolished c.1952–54.
St Matthew's Church, Stretton, Warrington, Cheshire 53.3404°N -2.5717°W		1826–27	2,121	Philip Hardwick	Gothic Revival with a tower. Replaced.
St George, Chester Road, Manchester 53.4721°N -2.2592°W		1826–28	15,025	Francis Goodwin	Gothic Revival with a tower. Converted into flats 2000.
St Mary, Birch, Greater Manchester		1827–28	3,881	Clark Rampling	Gothic Revival style. Demolished.
St James, Lower Darwen, Lancashire 53.7237°N -2.4652°W		1827–28	5,501	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Rebuilt and replaced 1969.
St James, Oldham, Greater Manchester 53.5458°N -2.0954°W		1827–28	9,652	Francis Goodwin	Gothic Revival with a turret on a low tower.
St Patrick, Winlaton, Tyne and Wear		1827–28	1,531	Ignatius Bonomi	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added later.
St Thomas, Bishopwearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear		1827–29	4,570	Philip William Wyatt	Gothic Revival style. Damaged by bombing and demolished.
Holy Trinity, Darwen, Lancashire 53.6955°N -2.4645°W		1827–29	6,799	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Now dedicated to St Peter.
St Mary, Mellor, Lancashire 53.7729°N -2.5308°W		1827–29	5,534	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Chancel enlarged 1897.
Christ Church, Carlisle, Cumbria		1828–30	9,697 shared	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Damaged by fire in 1938, demolished 1952.
Holy Trinity, Carlisle, Cumbria 54.892°N -2.952°W		1828–30	9,697 shared	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished 1981.
St Paul, Warrington, Cheshire		1829–30	4,239	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished.
St John, Burscough, Lancashire 53.6045°N -2.8403°W		1829–31	3,040	Daniel Stewart	Gothic Revival with a belfry.
St Andrew, Travis Street, Manchester		1829–31	10,591	Peter Atkinson and Richard Sharp	Gothic Revival with a tower and clerestory. Demolished.
St Thomas, Pendleton, Salford, Greater Manchester 53.4921°N -2.2857°W		1829–31	6,673	Francis Goodwin and Richard Lane	Gothic Revival with a tower. Restored 1887.
Holy Trinity, Ulverston, Cumbria 54.1938°N -3.0978°W		1829–32	3,423	Anthony Salvin	Gothic Revival with a northwest turret and spire. Chancel added in 1870. Now redundant; it has been used as a sports centre, and since converted into flats.
Holy Trinity, Horwich, Greater Manchester 53.5992°N -2.5388°W		1830–31	5,621	Francis Octavius Bedford	Gothic Revival with a tower.
Christ Church, Todmorden, West Yorkshire 53.7162°N -2.1001°W		1830–31	3,379	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1885. The church was declared redundant in 1992 and converted into residential use in 2003.
St John the Baptist, Toxteth, Liverpool, Merseyside		1830–31	5,262	William Thomas and W. Kendall	Gothic Revival with a tower. Bombed.
St John the Divine, Pemberton, Greater Manchester 53.5369°N -2.683°W		1830–32	4,913	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with turrets.
St James, Benwell, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 54.9709°N -1.6611°W		1831–32	1,700	John Dobson	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1895.
St Nicholas, Hetton-le-Hole, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear		1831–32	650	John Anderson	Gothic Revival with a cupola. Replaced in 1898.
St George, Hyde, Greater Manchester 53.4466°N -2.0788°W		1831–32	4,788	T. and C. Atkinson	Gothic Revival with a tower.
St David, Haigh, Greater Manchester 53.5758°N -2.5961°W		1831–33	3,433	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St John, Smallbridge, Greater Manchester 53.6338°N -2.132°W		1831–33	3,253	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St Stephen, Tockholes, Lancashire 53.7061°N -2.5169°W		1831–33	1,604	Thomas Rickman and Henry Hutchinson	Gothic Revival style. Replaced in 1965–66, retaining only the front of the south porch.
Christ Church, Croft, Cheshire 53.4374°N -2.5433°W		1832–33	1,457	Edward Blore	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
St Matthias, Liverpool, Merseyside		1832–33	1,000	Daniel Stewart and J. A. Picton	Neoclassical Ionic in brick and stone. Burnt down 1848.
St John the Baptist, Bollington, Cheshire 53.297°N -2.093°W		1832–34	3,475	William Hayley and Thomas Brown	Gothic Revival with a tower. Gallery added 1854. The church is nowredundant.
St Clement, Spotland, Greater Manchester 53.6213°N -2.1771°W		1832–34	4,056	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St Thomas, Norbury, Hazel Grove, Greater Manchester 53.3761°N -2.116°W		1833–34	2,000	William Hayley and Thomas Brown	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
Holy Trinity, Burnley, Lancashire 53.7897°N -2.2571°W		1835–36	1,168	Lewis Vulliamy	Gothic Revival with a tower. Damaged by fire, then converted into flats.
Holy Trinity, North Shields, Tyne and Wear		1835–36	3,594	John Green	Gothic Revival with a tower. Demolished.
Christ Church, Adlington, Lancashire 53.6137°N -2.6043°W		1838	400	Edward Welch	Neo-Norman style. Now a restaurant.
St Mary, Newton, Hyde, Greater Manchester 53.4653°N -2.0597°W		1838	1,018	William Hayley and Thomas Brown	Neo-Norman with turrets. Chancel added in 1876–77.
St John the Evangelist, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester 53.4771°N -2.0726°W		1838–40	2,599	Edmund Sharpe	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
St George, Stalybridge, Greater Manchester 53.4873°N -2.0578°W		1838–40	2,712	Edmund Sharpe	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
All Souls, Ancoats, Manchester 53.4804°N -2.2157°W		1839–40	1,000	William Hayley	Neo-Norman in brick with two towers. Redundant 1981, now a workshop.
St John the Baptist, Bretherton, Lancashire 53.6777°N -2.7951°W		1839–40	250	Edmund Sharpe	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.	II
St Paul, Farington, Lancashire 53.7199°N -2.7012°W		1839–41	500	Edmund Sharpe	Romanesque Revival style. Chancel added in 1909.
St George, Kendal, Cumbria 54.3281°N -2.7435°W		1839–41	4,242	George Webster	Gothic Revival with two bell turrets. Chancel added 1911.
St Andrew, Ayres Quay, Tyne and Wear		1840–41	500	Thomas Moore	Gothic Revival with a spire.
St Catharine, Scholes, Wigan, Greater Manchester 53.5463°N -2.6169°W		1840–41	962	Edmund Sharpe	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.	II
St Peter, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear		1840–42	5,858	John Dobson	Gothic Revival style. Demolished.
St Alban, Heworth, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear 54.9426°N -1.5768°W		1841–42	200	Thomas Liddell	Gothic Revival with a belfry.
Holy Trinity, Pelton, County Durham 54.7292°N -1.8211°W		1841–42	300	George Jackson	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
St Matthew, Stretford, Greater Manchester 53.4439°N -2.3104°W		1841–42	300	William Hayley	Gothic Revival with a tower. Enlarged in 1861; chancel added 1906.
St Bartholomew, Thornley, County Durham 54.8716°N -1.6173°W		1842	250	Robert Dunlop	Gothic Revival with a belfry. Chancel added late 19th century.
St Paul, Macclesfield, Cheshire 53.2573°N -2.1196°W		1843–44	1,000	William Hayley	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
Holy Trinity, Blackburn, Lancashire 53.7511°N -2.4746°W		1843–45	1,519	Edmund Sharpe	Gothic Revival with a tower.
Christ Church, Heaton Norris, Greater Manchester 53.4144°N -2.1678°W		1843–49	500	William Hayley	Gothic Revival with a west tower and steeple. Damaged by fire in 1977 and demolished, apart from the tower and part of the walls.
Christ Church, Glodwick, Oldham, Greater Manchester		1844	500	A. D. Cuffley	Gothic Revival with a west tower. Restored 1894; demolished other than the tower.
St Peter, Blackley, Greater Manchester 53.5235°N -2.218°W		1844–45	700	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival style. Enlarged 1880.
St James the Great, Morpeth, Northumberland 55.17°N -1.6907°W		1844–46	5,435	Benjamin Ferrey	Neo-Norman with central tower.
St Thomas, Lees, Greater Manchester 53.5367°N -2.0727°W		1844–48	850	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival style. Tower added 1865. Church enlarged 1885.
St Paul, Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester 53.6486°N -2.3162°W		1844–50	350	Isaac and James Holden	Gothic Revival with a spire. Enlarged in 1866.
St John the Baptist, Birtle, Greater Manchester 53.6068°N -2.2597°W		1845–46	200	George Shaw	Gothic Revival with a bell gable.
St Peter, Elworth, Cheshire 53.1486°N -2.3898°W		1845–46	150	John Matthews	Gothic Revival with a bellcote.
St John, Failsworth, Greater Manchester 53.5118°N -2.1545°W		1845–46	500	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a west steeple. Toewr added 1878; restored during the 20th century.
Holy Trinity, Rainow, Cheshire 53.2801°N -2.0753°W		1845–46	400	Samuel Howard	Gothic Revival with a tower.
St Simon, Salford, Greater Manchester		1845–46	500	Richard Lane	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Partly demolished.
St Stephen, Audenshaw, Greater Manchester 53.4749°N -2.1153°W		1845–47	500	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a tower. Chancel added 1900.
St James, Shaw and Crompton, Greater Manchester 53.5809°N -2.0926°W		1845–49	250	Joseph Clarke	Gothic Revival with a southwest tower. Restored 1876.
Christ Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, Greater Manchester 53.4937°N -2.1013°W		1846–47	300	Dickson and Breakspear	Gothic Revival in brick with an east bell gable.
St Paul, Westleigh, Leigh, Greater Manchester		1846–47	400	William Young	Gothic Revival with a southeast tower and spire.
St Cuthbert, Bensham, County Durham		1846–47	200	John Dobson	Neo-Norman with a southwest tower. Later enlarged; now redundant.
St Mary, Droylsden, Greater Manchester 53.4799°N -2.1432°W		1846–48	500	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire.
St James, Burnley, Lancashire		1846–49	2,556	Henry P. Horner	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Demolished.
All Saints, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear 54.9174°N -1.3796°W		1846–49	150	John Dobson	Gothic Revival with a southwest bell turret.
St John the Baptist, Heaton Mersey, Greater Manchester 53.4125°N -2.2069°W		1846–50	150	Peter Walker	Gothic Revival with a west tower. Chancel added in 1891.
St Mark, Antrobus, Cheshire 53.3123°N -2.5349°W		1847	80	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
St John the Evangelist, Byley, Cheshire 53.22°N -2.4172°W		1847	75	John Matthews	Neo-Norman, in brick with an open roof. Tower added later.
St John, Shuttleworth, Ramsbottom, Greater Manchester 53.6556°N -2.3031°W		1847	200	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with bell turrets.
Christ Church, Walker, Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 54.9732°N -1.5468°W		1847	1,222	Alfred Higham	Gothic Revival with a southeast tower.
St Mark, Bredbury, Greater Manchester 53.4241°N -2.105°W		1847–48	250	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
Holy Trinity, Coldhurst, Oldham, Greater Manchester 53.5501°N -2.1173°W		1847–48	250	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a bell tower. Enlarged 1887–91.
St James, Congleton, Cheshire 53.1645°N -2.217°W		1847–48	350	James Trubshaw	Gothic Revival with a bell turret and chancel.
St John, Darlington, County Durham 54.5229°N -1.5438°W		1847–48	150	John Middleton	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
St John the Evangelist, Hurst, Ashton-under-Lyne, Tameside, Greater Manchester 53.5002°N -2.0813°W		1847–49	250	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Enlarged in 1862.
St Peter, Minshull Vernon, Cheshire 53.1309°N -2.4773°W		c. 1847–48	150	John Matthews	Gothic Revival with a bell turret. Enlarged in 1902.
St Michael, Rawtenstall, Lancashire 53.7201°N -2.2479°W		1847–49	300	Joseph Clarke	Gothic Revival with a tower. Closed and converted into a house.
St John the Evangelist, Birtley, Tyne and Wear 54.8945°N -1.5737°W		1848	200	George Pickering	Neo-Norman with an apse. Enlarged in 1887–89.
Holy Trinity, Seghill, Northumberland 55.0691°N -1.5394°W		1848	1,624	John Green	Gothic Revival style.
St Mark, Dukinfield, Greater Manchester 53.4802°N -2.0954°W		1848–49	250	Joseph Clarke	Gothic Revival with a northwest tower. Tower replaced in 1881 and alterations made in 1887.
Christ Church, Denton, Greater Manchester 53.456°N -2.1218°W		1848–53	250	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival style.
St John the Baptist, Godley, Greater Manchester 53.4549°N -2.0644°W		1849	400	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival style. West tower added 1878.
St Peter, Macclesfield, Cheshire 53.2534°N -2.1179°W		1849	257	Charles and James Trubshaw	Gothic Revival style.
St Paul, Danebridge, Cheshire		c. 1849	150	Joseph Clarke	Demolished 1904.
St Cuthbert, Benfieldside, County Durham 54.8682°N -1.8568°W		1849–50	200	John Dobson	Gothic Revival style. Enlarged in 1881–86.
St Peter, Chorley, Lancashire 53.6606°N -2.6236°W		1849–50	250	Charles Reed	Gothic Revival style. Transepts added in 1911.
Christ Church, Healey, Greater Manchester 53.6379°N -2.1741°W		1849–50	150	George Shaw	Gothic Revival style.
St John the Evangelist, Kingsley, Cheshire 53.2701°N -2.68°W		1849–50	150	George Gilbert Scott	Gothic Revival with a west tower.
St Paul, Portwood, Stockport, Greater Manchester		1849–50	300	Henry Bowman and J. S. Crowther	Gothic Revival with a tower, spire and chancel. Demolished.
St Margaret, Prestwich, Greater Manchester 53.5377°N -2.2689°W		1849–51	50	Henry Travis and William Mangnall	Gothic Revival with gabled aisles. Additions in the later 19th century. Damaged by fire in 1985 and restored.
Holy Trinity, Hartlepool, County Durham 54.6588°N -1.1888°W		1850–51	250	John Middleton	Gothic Revival with no tower. Altered in 1864 and 1891.
St Thomas, Helmshore, Lancashire 53.6872°N -2.3302°W		1850–51	200	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with west tower.
St Saviour, Ringley, Kearsley, Greater Manchester 53.5436°N -2.357°W		1850–54	200	Sharpe and Paley	Previous church replaced, apart from the small tower. Gothic Revival style.
St Paul, Hendon, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear		1851–52	150	John Dobson	Gothic Revival. Enlarged 1857, since demolished.
St Mark, Hulme, Greater Manchester		1851–52	250	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival. Demolished.
St Paul, Burnley, Lancashire		1852–53	150	Walker Rawstorne	Neo-Norman with a tower and spire. Demolished.
St Thomas, Werneth, Oldham, Greater Manchester 53.5347°N -2.1229°W		1853–55	125	Andrew Trimen and George Shaw	Gothic Revival style. Enlarged in 1868 and the 1880s.
St Alban, Pinfold, Rochdale, Greater Manchester		1854–56	100	Joseph Clarke	Gothic Revival with a tower and spire. Demolished about 1971.
St Paul, Paddington, Salford, Greater Manchester 53.4875°N -2.2842°W		1855–56	220	E. H. Shellard	Gothic Revival with a bell turret.
All Souls, Vauxhall, Liverpool, Merseyside		1856	200	Arthur Holme	Gothic Revival. Demolished.
St Luke's Church, Cheetham, Manchester		1836-1839		T. W. Atkinson	Gothic Revival. Derelict.

See also

• List of Commissioners' churches in eastern England
• List of Commissioners' churches in the English Midlands
• List of Commissioners' churches in London
• List of Commissioners' churches in southwest England
• List of Commissioners' churches in Wales
• List of Commissioners' churches in Yorkshire

References

CitationsSources

• • • • • Book: Pevsner, Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . 1969 . Ruskin and Viollet-Le-Duc: Englishness and Frenchness in the Appreciation of Gothic Architecture . London . Thames and Hudson . 264998275 .
  • Book: Pevsner . Nikolaus . Nikolaus Pevsner . Hubbard . Edward . 1971 . Cheshire . . Harmondsworth . . 0-14-071042-6 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Church of St Peter, St Peter Street. Images of England. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110606055202/http://www.imagesofengland.org.uk/details/default.aspx?id=416934. 6 June 2011. 31 December 2019.
2. Web site: Blackburn Encyclopedia Q-U. Ray. Smith. Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council. 31 December 2019.