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The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Orton Road, Lawton Moor, Northenden, Manchester, is an Anglican church of 1935-7 by N.F.Cachemaille-Day.〔Hartwell et al. 2004, p 493-4〕 Pevsner describes the church as "sensational for its country and its time".〔 The church was designated a Grade II * listed building on 16 January 1981.〔http://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-454833-church-of-st-michael-and-all-angels-manc〕 The Corporation of Manchester acquired the Wythenshawe Estate in 1926 and began laying out the garden suburb in 1930. Covering , it was eventually to have 25,000 houses and a population of 100,000. The garden suburb was designated part of the parish of Church of St Wilfrid, Northenden but that small parish church proved insufficient to accommodate the rising congregation. A mission church was therefore opened in 1934, and in 1935 the diocese approved plans for the construction of a new parish church at Orton Road. The budget was £10,000.〔http://www.smaaa.fsnet.co.uk/〕 Nugent Francis Cachemaille-Day was appointed as architect for both the church and the adjoining parsonage. The foundation stone for the church was laid on 8 May 1937, by the Bishop of Manchester. The builder was J. Clayton and Sons of Denton.〔http://www.smaaa.fsnet.co.uk/〕 The plan of the church is a star, comprising two inter-locked squares.〔 It is built of "red brick in English bond with some stone dressings".〔 The roof is flat with a cross in the centre.〔 The interior is "raw but spatially subtle".〔 It has an "ingenious plan with lofty columns supporting () flat ribbed roof".〔 The plans show the long-held tradition that Cachemaille-Day intended to place the altar in the centre of the building is not correct.〔 ==Notes== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Church of St Michael and All Angels, Northenden」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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