St James' Church, Oldham

St James' Church, Oldham
St James' Church, Oldham
	St James' Church, Oldham. from the southeast
	St James' Church, Oldham Location in Greater Manchester
	53°32′45″N2°05′43″W / 53.5458°N 2.0954°W
OS grid reference	SD 938 055
Location	Barry Street, Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Churchmanship	Anglo-Catholic
Website	St James, Oldham
History
Status	Parish church
Architecture
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II
Designated	8 March 1993
Architect(s)	Francis Goodwin
Architectural type	Church
Style	Gothic Revival
Groundbreaking	1827
Completed	1829
Construction cost	£9,652
Specifications
Materials	Stone, slate roofs
Administration
Province	York
Diocese	Manchester
Archdeaconry	Rochdale
Deanery	Oldham East
Parish	St. James with St. Ambrose Oldham
Clergy
Bishop(s)	The Rt Revd Stephen Race ( AEO )
Rector	Interregnum

Last updated April 27, 2024

St James' Church is in Barry Street, Greenacres Moor, Oldham, Greater Manchester, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Oldham East, the archdeaconry of Rochdale, and the diocese of Manchester.^[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.^[2] It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission.^[3]

History

The foundation stone was laid by James Lees of Higher Clarksfield on 3 September 1827.^[4] The church was built between 1827 and 1829 to a design by Francis Goodwin.^[5] A grant of £9,652 (equivalent to £900,000in 2021)^[6] was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The original commission for the design was won by Charles Barry, but he underestimated the cost of the church, and was replaced when the tenders were received.^[5] The apse was added in 1883 by John Lowe of Manchester.^[2]

Architecture

Exterior

St James is constructed in ashlar stone with Welsh slate roofs. Its plan consists of a nave, north and south aisles, a shallow canted apse at the east end, a west tower, and vestries to the north and south of the tower. The tower has a west door with a two-light window above it, and clasping buttresses topped with gables. Over the second stage is a parapet with an integral surround for a clock face. Above this flying buttresses support an octagonal lantern that contains bell openings.^[2] The parapet is embattled.^[5] There is another doorway on the south side of the church. The aisles are of six bays, separated by buttresses, each bay containing a two-light window with Decorated cast iron tracery. The chancel also contains two-light windows.^[2]

Interior

Inside the church are galleries on three sides. The chancel screen with a rood loft date from the 1920s, and were built as a memorial to the First World War. There is a central ogee-headed arch, over which is a crucifix.^[2] At the sides of this are panels with inscriptions under statues of Saint George and Saint Michael. In the chancel are a canopied reredos and a sedilia. The stained glass includes windows by Shrigley and Hunt.^[2]

Present day

The Parish of St. James with St. Ambrose Oldham is part of the Archdeaconry of Rochdale in the Diocese of Manchester.^[7]

St James' Church is part of the Anglo-Catholic tradition of the Church of England.^[8] As the parish rejects the ordination of women, it is a member of Forward in Faith and receives alternative episcopal oversight from the Bishop of Beverley (currently Stephen Race).^[8]^[9]

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↑ Butterworth, Edwin (1856), Historical Sketches of Oldham Edwin Butterworth 1856
1 2 3 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 550–551, ISBN 0-300-10583-5
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[1] Saint James's Church, Barry Street, Oldham, Church of England , retrieved 23 June 2012

[nhl-2] 1 2 3 4 5 6 Historic England, "Church of St James, Oldham (1209984)", National Heritage List for England , retrieved 16 December 2011

[port-3] Port, M. H. (2006), 600 New Churches: The Church Building Commission 1818-1856 (2nd ed.), Reading: Spire Books, p. 334, ISBN 978-1-904965-08-4

[4] Butterworth, Edwin (1856), Historical Sketches of Oldham Edwin Butterworth 1856

[pev-5] 1 2 3 Hartwell, Clare; Hyde, Matthew; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2004), Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, pp. 550–551, ISBN 0-300-10583-5

[inflation-UK-6] UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth , retrieved 11 June 2022

[CNY_more-7] "Saint James's Church, Barry Street - More information", A Church Near You, The Archbishops’ Council, retrieved 19 January 2018

[CNY_About_us-8] 1 2 "Saint James's Church, Barry Street - About us", A Church Near You, The Archbishops’ Council, retrieved 19 January 2018

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v t e Buildings and structures in the Metropolitan Borough of Oldham, England
Buildings	Ace Mill, Hollinwood Chadderton Town Hall Fox Mill, Hollinwood Heron Mill, Hollinwood Junction Mill, Middleton Junction Magnet Mill, Chadderton Majestic Mill, Waterhead Malta Mill, Middleton Manor Mill, Chadderton Newby Mill, Shaw Oldham Civic Centre Old Town Hall, Oldham Orme Mill, Waterhead Regent Mill, Failsworth Rifle Street drill hall Royal Oldham Hospital Rutland Mill, Shaw Trent Mill, Shaw Werneth Hall
Places of worship	St James' Church Madina Masjid & Islamic Centre Church of St Mary and St Peter St Matthew's Church, Chadderton Our Lady of Mount Carmel and St Patrick Church Salem Moravian Church Shri Swaminarayan Mandir Westwood Moravian Church
Education	Blessed John Henry Newman RC College The Blue Coat School The Brian Clarke CE Academy Co-op Academy Failsworth Crompton House CE Academy Darul Hadis Latifiah Northwest E-ACT Royton and Crompton Academy The Hathershaw College Hulme Grammar School North Chadderton School Oasis Academy Oldham Oldham Academy North Oldham College Oldham Sixth Form College The Radclyffe School Saddleworth School Waterhead Academy
Transportation	Oldham bus station
Sport and entertainment	Boundary Park Coliseum Theatre Gallery Oldham Vestacare Stadium
Others	Alexandra Park Oldham War Memorial Werneth Park
Demolished	Blackridings Mill Chadderton Power Station Clegg Street railway station Dawn Mill, Shaw Hawk Mill, Shaw Kent Mill, Chadderton Laurel Mill, Middleton Junction Maple Mill Middleton Junction railway station Oldham Central railway station Glodwick Road railway station Mumps railway station Mumps (LNWR) railway station Royd Mill Royton Ring Mill, Royton Textile Mill, Chadderton Thorp Mill, Royton Watersheddings Werneth railway station
Lists	List of schools in Oldham List of mills in Oldham
Listed buildings in	Chadderton Failsworth Lees Oldham Royton Saddleworth Shaw and Crompton