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{{Infobox church | name = St Alban's Church, Broadheath| fullname = | image = | imagesize = | imagealt = | landscape = | caption = | pushpin map = Greater Manchester| pushpin map alt = | pushpin mapsize = 250 | pushpin label position = | map caption = Location in Greater Manchester| location = Lindsell Road,<br />[[Broadheath, Greater Manchester|Broadheath]], [[Altrincham]],<br />[[Greater Manchester]]| country = England | coordinates = {{coord|53.4024|-2.3520|region:GB_type:landmark|display=title}} | osgraw = SJ 767 896| denomination = [[Anglican]] | churchmanship = | membership = | attendance = | website = [http://www.stalbansbroadheath.org/ St Alban, Broadheath] | former name = | bull date = | founded date = | founder = | dedication = [[Saint Alban]]| dedicated date = | consecrated date = | cult = | relics = | events = | past bishop = | people = | status = [[Parish church]]| functional status = Active| heritage designation = Grade II| designated date = 12 July 1985| architect = [[Austin and Paley]]| architectural type = [[Church (building)|Church]]| style = [[Gothic Revival architecture|Gothic Revival]]| groundbreaking = 1899| completed date = 1900| construction cost = | closed date = | demolished date = | capacity = | length = | width = | width nave = | height = | diameter = | other dimensions = | floor count = | floor area =  | spire quantity = | spire height = | materials = Brick with stone dressings<br />Tiled roofs| parish = St Alban, Broadheath| deanery = Bowdon| archdeaconry = Macclesfield| diocese = [[diocese of Chester|Chester]]| province = [[Province of York|York]]| rector = | vicar = Revd Daud Gill
| curate = | priest = | asstpriest = | minister = | assistant = | honpriest = | deacon = | seniorpastor = | pastor = | abbot = | chaplain = | reader = Peter Johnson,<br />Jean Bailey| organistdom = | director = | organist = | organscholar = | chapterclerk = | laychapter = | warden = Eileen Dixon, June Nixon (Dept) | flowerguild = | musicgroup = | parishadmin = | serversguild = | logo = | logosize = }}
'''St Alban's Church''' is in Lindsell Road, [[Broadheath, Greater Manchester|Broadheath]], [[Altrincham]], [[Greater Manchester]], England. It is an active [[Anglican]] [[parish church]] in the deanery of Bowdon, the Archdeaconry of Macclesfield, and the [[diocese of Chester]].<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.achurchnearyou.com/broadheath-st-alban/| title = St Alban, Broadheath| access-date = 31 January 2012| publisher = [[Church of England]]}}</ref> The church is recorded in the [[National Heritage List for England]] as a designated Grade&nbsp;II [[Listed building#England and Wales|listed building]].<ref name=nhl>{{NHLE |num= 1107845|desc= Church of St Alban, Altrincham |accessdate= 31 January 2012|mode=cs2}}</ref>
==History==
The first church services in Broadheath were conducted in 1853 in a canal boat on the [[Bridgewater Canal]]. In 1871 a school was built and the services were moved there. Building of the church began in 1899. It was designed by the [[Lancaster, Lancashire|Lancaster]] firm of architects, [[Austin and Paley]], and opened for worship on 8 November 1900. The [[vestry]] and [[bellcote]] were added in 1902. St&nbsp;Alban's became a parish in its own right in January 1911.<ref>{{Citation | url = http://www.stalbansbroadheath.org/our-church/history-of-our-church/| title = History of our Church| access-date = 31 January 2012| publisher = St Alban's, Broadheath}}</ref> The west end of the church was not finished at the time, the [[nave]] having only two [[bay (architecture)|bay]]s. It was completed towards the end of the 20th&nbsp;century, the architect being Geoff Worsley, and the additions were [[consecration|consecrated]] in 2000. In 2008 an [[Baptismal font#Immersion fonts|immersion font]] was installed in the [[nave]].<ref name=pev>{{Citation | last = Hartwell | first = Clare |last2 = Hyde | first2 = Matthew |last3 = Hubbard | first3 = Edward | author3-link=Edward Hubbard (architectural historian) | last4 =Pevsner | first4 =Nikolaus | author4-link =Nikolaus Pevsner | series= The Buildings of England| title = Cheshire | publisher =[[Yale University Press]]| year =2011| orig-year=1971| location =New Haven and London| page = 98| isbn =978-0-300-17043-6 }}</ref>
==Architecture==
St Alban's is constructed in brick with stone dressings, and is roofed in clay tiles. Its plan consists of a nave with a [[clerestory]], north and south [[aisle]]s, north and south [[transept]]s, a [[vestry]], and a [[chancel]]. The clerestory has three-light windows, and there are four-light windows along the sides of the aisles. The east window has five lights, and the west wall is blank. The south transept forms a continuation of the aisle, but the north transept is taller, it carries the bellcote, and has its own roof. The vestry has a pyramidal roof.<ref name=nhl/><ref name=pev/>
Inside the church, the brick [[arcade (architecture)|arcades]] are carried on octagonal stone [[pier (architecture)|piers]]. In the chancel are a [[sedilia]] and [[piscina]], both with [[ogee]]-heads.<ref name=nhl/> The 2000 extension contains doors leading to offices. The immersion font is "like a narrow swimming pool in the middle of the nave".<ref name=pev/>
==See also==
{{portal|Greater Manchester}}
*[[Listed buildings in Altrincham]]
*[[List of churches in Greater Manchester]]
*[[List of ecclesiastical works by Austin and Paley (1916–44)]]
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[[Category:Church of England church buildings in Greater Manchester]]
[[Category:Grade II listed churches in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford]]
[[Category:Diocese of Chester]]
[[Category:Austin and Paley buildings]]
[[Category:Gothic Revival church buildings in Greater Manchester]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 1900]]
[[Category:Churches completed in 2000]]
[[Category:20th-century Church of England church buildings]]
[[Category:Altrincham|Saint Alban's]]
[[Category:English churches dedicated to St Alban]]