St James' Church, Broughton
St James’ Church is on Great Cheetham Street East in Broughton, Greater Manchester. It is an active Anglican parish church in the Diocese of Manchester, within the Salford archdeaconry and deanery. Its benefice is combined with St John the Evangelist, Broughton, and St Clement with St Matthias, Lower Broughton.
The church was built from 1877 to 1879 to designs by Paley and Austin, the Lancaster architects, at a cost of about £7,000. Samuel Clowes provided the site and paid £2,800 toward the building. It originally seated about 600 people. Around 1970 the north aisle was separated from the nave.
St James’ is built of brick, with brick tracery in the windows and a tall bellcote at the east end of the nave. The nave windows have pointed arches, while the chancel windows have flat heads. Other features include sheer gables and large buttresses. The Buildings of England describes it as a good building, though not outstanding compared with Paley & Austin’s work.
This page was last edited on 2 February 2026, at 16:36 (CET).