Listed Building: COLLEGE OF MISSIONARY CHAPEL (1232118)

SJ 97 NW 5/99 POTT SHRIGLEY C.P. OFF SHRIGLEY ROAD (North Side) Shrigley Park Chapel of Missionary College (Formerly listed as Church of Shrigley Park) 14/4/1967 GV II Large Chapel: 1936-38, by Philip Tilden for Salesian Order. Squared sandstone rubble with slate roof. The body is octagonal with transepts projecting from the four cardinal faces and small radiating chapels between. The main aspect is symmetrical with gabled facade of transept and clerestory gable above. Triple Romanesque features to ground floor with central, iron-bound doors, and pointed lancets above. Small lead louvre in centre of main roof. Interior: Roughly dressed stone with red sandstone bands and dressings. Octagonal nave under domical vault, with ambulatory and gallery over west door. Chancel has triple round-headed arches on two plain, sandstone pillars with Romanesque capitals above similar altar in cream and purple marble. Pairs of round-headed sedilia to either side. Paintings of St. John Bosco and the twelve stations of the cross by the architect. Pevsner considers the chapel an odd-man-out, yet very interesting. (Pevsner and Hubbard). Listing NGR: SJ9428879765