St John's RC Church Dowling Street Rochdale

Roman Catholic church. Original design pre-1917 by Oswald Hill (d.1917), executed in 1925-7 by Ernest Bower Norris of Manchester architects’ practice Hill, Sandy and Norris. Mosaic scheme of 1932-3 by Eric Newton. Ferro-concrete dome and barrel vaults, red brick with artificial stone dressings. Early Christian Byzantine style.