Brookfield Unitarian Church
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Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton
, Manchester
, is a Victorian Gothic church built between 1869–71. It was commissioned by Richard Peacock
(1820–1889), engineer and Liberal MP for Manchester and designed by the prolific Manchester architect Thomas Worthington
. The church cost Peacock £12,000. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974. The churchyard lodges and the Sunday School are also listed buildings.
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." The church, and its graveyard, have suffered much from vandalism in recent years.
Peacock, a partner in the locomotive engineering firm of Beyer, Peacock and Company
is buried in the cemetery of the church, along with members of his family, in the Peacock Mausoleum
, also by Thomas Worthington
.
Gorton
Gorton is an area of the city of Manchester, in North West England. It is located to the southeast of Manchester city centre. Neighbouring areas include Longsight and Levenshulme....
, Manchester
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. According to the Office for National Statistics, the 2010 mid-year population estimate for Manchester was 498,800. Manchester lies within one of the UK's largest metropolitan areas, the metropolitan county of Greater...
, is a Victorian Gothic church built between 1869–71. It was commissioned by Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock
Richard Peacock was an English engineer, one of the founders of locomotive manufacturer Beyer-Peacock.-Early life and education:...
(1820–1889), engineer and Liberal MP for Manchester and designed by the prolific Manchester architect Thomas Worthington
Thomas Worthington (architect)
Thomas Worthington was a 19th-century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in and around Manchester.-Early life:...
. The church cost Peacock £12,000. It was designated a Grade II* listed building on 3 October 1974. The churchyard lodges and the Sunday School are also listed buildings.
Pevsner
Nikolaus Pevsner
Sir Nikolaus Bernhard Leon Pevsner, CBE, FBA was a German-born British scholar of history of art and, especially, of history of architecture...
'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." The church, and its graveyard, have suffered much from vandalism in recent years.
Peacock, a partner in the locomotive engineering firm of Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company
Beyer, Peacock and Company was an English railway Locomotive manufacturer with a factory in Gorton, Manchester. Founded by Charles Beyer and Richard Peacock, it traded from 1854 until 1966...
is buried in the cemetery of the church, along with members of his family, in the Peacock Mausoleum
Peacock Mausoleum
The Peacock Mausoleum is a Victorian Gothic memorial to Richard Peacock , engineer and Liberal MP for Manchester, and to his son, Joseph Peacock; it is situated in the cemetery of Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton, Manchester. The mausoleum was designed by the prolific Manchester architect...
, also by Thomas Worthington
Thomas Worthington (architect)
Thomas Worthington was a 19th-century English architect, particularly associated with public buildings in and around Manchester.-Early life:...
.