St Anne's Church in Haughton,

Denton, Greater Manchester Denton is a town in Tameside, Greater Manchester, England, five miles (8 km) east of Manchester city centre. Historically part of Lancashire, it had a population of 36,591 at the 2011 Census. History Toponymy Denton probably derives i ...

, England, is a

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. The foundation stone was laid on the 1st September 1880 and the church was finally completed on the 29th July 1882. The building was designed by J. Medland Taylor and the construction was funded by E. Joseph Sidebotham, a member of the Sidebotham mill-owning family of Hyde. The church was built in brick in the

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style, but also utilised

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. It has been described as the best-known work of the architects, an 'extraordinary free-form brick church that forms the nucleus of the most important cluster of their buildings' surviving. The

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and

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that adjoin the main church are also of architectural significance, and each is on the register of protected buildings in its own right.

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Churches completed in 1882 Buildings and structures in Tameside Grade I listed churches in Greater Manchester Church of England church buildings in Greater Manchester Gothic Revival church buildings in Greater Manchester Anglican Diocese of Manchester 1882 establishments in England Denton, Greater Manchester {{UK-anglican-church-stub

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