Church of St Andrew Travis Street Ancoats

• Found stone       14 September 1829
• Consecrated       6 October 1831

St. Andrew's Church is a large and handsome stone building, situated in Travis Street, Ancoats. The expenses of its erection were defrayed by the Commissioners for Building Churches and amounted to £14,000. It was consecrated October 6th 1831. The interior has lately been very much improved; it contains three galleries; in the western one, is a fine organ. The altar, and a great portion of the ground in front of it, has been raised several feet, thus forming a chorus cantorum, which is fitted up with open benches, for the accommodation of the choir. The reading desk forms a continuation of one of the choir benches, on the north side. The pulpit is situated opposite to it; between the choir seats, and immediately in front of the altar rails, is a very handsome cross, inlaid in Mosaic encaustic tiles into the stone. [The Stranger's Guide to Manchester of 1850]

The church survived the air raids of 1940 and 1941, while many of the houses around it did not. It finally closed in 1958 and was demolished in 1961

Reference    Manchester Guardian 19 September 1829 page 2 - foundation stone
Reference    Manchester Guardian 8 October 1831 page 3 - consecration