2017
SJ8990 : Pollarded trees by St Mary's RC Church
taken 7 years ago, near to Stockport, England
Pollarded trees by St Mary's RC Church
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Heaton Norris
St Mary's Roman Catholic Church on Dodge Hill was designed by Pugin & Pugin,1897 and is a prominent local landmark. It is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and window tracery and a slate roof. The west front has a tall gabled bell cote on a stepped base beneath which is a statue of the Virgin and Child. Stepped buttresses framing a large rose window are flanked by traceried windows with paired lights.
It is now isolated from the town by the M60 motorway which runs in a cutting below. The large retaining wall above the motorway is often targeted by graffiti artists.