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Brookfield Unitarian Church
Brookfield Unitarian Church
,
Gorton
,
Manchester
, England is a
Victorian Gothic
church. It is a member of the
General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches
, the
umbrella body
for British Unitarians.
History
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Brookfield Unitarian Church was built between 1869 and 1871 to replace the Gorton Chapel, which stood on the same ground. It was commissioned by
Richard Peacock
(1820?1889), engineer and Liberal MP for Manchester, and designed by the prolific Manchester architect
Thomas Worthington
.
[1]
The church cost Peacock £12,000. It was designated a
Grade II* listed building
on 3 October 1974.
[2]
The churchyard lodges and the Sunday School are also
listed buildings
. The church steeple contains a peal of eight bells, all named after members of the Peacock family.
Nikolaus Pevsner
's
The Buildings of England
describes the church as "very large and strikingly-prosperous looking. Stone,
Early English
style, with a north-west steeple. The church has a bold, simple, and perfect Ecclesiological interior."
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The church, and its graveyard, have suffered much from vandalism in recent years.
Peacock, a partner in the locomotive engineering firm of
Beyer, Peacock & Company
is buried in the cemetery of the church, along with members of his family, in the
Peacock Mausoleum
, also by
Thomas Worthington
.
Gorton Chapel
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The Church was built on top of the Gorton Chapel, which was established in 1703. There is a stone memorial to the ministers of the Chapel in the church. A notable member of the church was
Samuel Birch
.
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[4]
The Old Chapel graveyard remains.
See also
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Notes
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References
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- Hartwell, Clare, Hyde, Matthew and Pevsner, Nikolaus,
The Buildings of England: Lancashire: Manchester and the South East
(2004)
Yale University Press
External links
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