St Mary's RC Church
Red-brick Catholic church hiding a soaring Romanesque interior, marble altar and domed lantern.
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This guide to St Mary's RC Church on Mulberry Street in Manchester, better known as the Hidden Gem, starts by questioning what that nickname suggests. It follows Father Henry Gillow and the men of his congregation, who took on the repair of the old chapel themselves in the eighteen thirties. Augustus Pugin and the Sheffield architects Weightman and Hadfield turn up later. Best heard just inside the door, where you can see the arches and the ceiling.
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