---
title: "St Clement with St Matthias, Lower Broughton"
description: "Located in Lower Broughton, Greater Manchester. Built 1959; consecrated 1960 (replacing an 1881 church). Diocese of Manchester. Mid-century Modern style."
category: "Church"
tags: ["Church","Church of England","Greater Manchester","Lower Broughton","Salford","Modern","1950s"]
canonical: "https://thebritishgazette.com/post/st-clement-st-matthias-lower-broughton"
pubDate: "2026-09-06T02:11:55.160Z"
dateModified: "2026-09-09T12:29:49.608Z"
location: "Lower Broughton, Greater Manchester"
country: "England"
county: "Greater Manchester"
town: "Lower Broughton"
address: "Broughton Lane, Lower Broughton, Greater Manchester, M8 9TZ"
postcode: "M8 9TZ"
built: "1959; consecrated 1960 (replacing an 1881 church)"
consecrated: "1960"
denomination: "Church of England"
dedications: ["Clement"]
diocese: "Manchester"
style: "Mid-century Modern"
materials: "Pierced stone-clad bell tower and cellular concrete facade"
website: "https://stclementsbroughton.com/"
openingHours: "See contact details below to arrange a visit."
parish: "Lower Broughton St Clement with St Matthias"
gridReference: "SJ 831 999"
accessNotes: "Ramp or level access available on request. Level access to the main areas. Level access throughout. Accessible toilets in church"
---

# St Clement with St Matthias, Lower Broughton

St Clement with St Matthias is a Church of England parish church on Broughton Lane (corner of Ellis Street), Lower Broughton, Salford, in the Diocese of Manchester.

## Overview

The present church was built in 1959 and consecrated in 1960, replacing a Victorian church founded in 1881. That earlier building, a plain brick church by H. Lord of John Dalton Street, was consecrated on 16 February 1881 by the Bishop of Manchester. Funds came in part from the sale of St Clement’s, Lever Street; William Clowes gave the site. Lancashire OPC locates the parish church at SJ 831 999 and notes replacement in 1958.

The Manchester Modernist Society describes the 1959 building as a time capsule of late-1950s modernism: a pierced stone-clad bell tower, cellular concrete facade, and simple interlocking planes. Architecture North West attributed the design to Paterson and Macaulay; the same society later recorded a conflicting attribution to A. H. Walker (possibly Albert Hilton Walker of Leach Rhodes Walker). The church is not on the National Heritage List for England. It serves a densely urban parish as a sister church to St James, Higher Broughton.

## Further Information

- [St Clement’s Broughton](https://stclementsbroughton.com/)
- [Manchester Modernist Society: Lower Broughton](https://manchestermodernists.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/lower-broughton/)
- [Architects of Greater Manchester: 1881 church](https://www.manchestervictorianarchitects.org.uk/buildings/st-clements-church-broughton-lane-lower-broughton-salford)