St Philip's Church, Salford

St Philip's Church, Salford
St Philip's Church, Salford, from the south
St Philip's Church, Salford Location in Greater Manchester
Coordinates: 53°29′02″N 2°15′47″W / 53.4840°N 2.2631°W / 53.4840; -2.2631
OS grid reference	SJ 826 986
Location	Wilton Place, Salford, Greater Manchester
Country	England
Denomination	Anglican
Website	St Philip, Salford
Architecture
Status	Parish church
Functional status	Active
Heritage designation	Grade II*
Designated	31 January 1952
Architect(s)	Sir Robert Smirke
Architectural type	Church
Style	Greek Revival
Groundbreaking	1822
Completed	1824
Construction cost	£14,670
Specifications
Materials	Stone
Administration
Parish	St Philip with St Stephen, Salford
Deanery	Salford
Archdeaconry	Salford
Diocese	Manchester
Province	York
Clergy
Rector	Rev Gareth Robinson
Curate(s)	Rev Chris Sayburn

St Philip's Church (now called Saint Philips Chapel Street) is located at Wilton Place, just off "Chapel Street" Salford, Greater Manchester, England.

Saint Philips Chapel Street is an old church on a new journey: a church plant in partnership with New Wine that launched in September 2016.

At the invitation of the Bishops of Manchester and Salford, the church under the leadership of Gareth Robinson (Rector) and Chris Sayburn (Curate) is a vibrant and contemporary expression of the Church of England in partnership with New Wine, whose worship and life is biblically based, missional, open-hearted, and creative, to see the region transformed with the good news of Jesus Christ in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The church's vision is to make and equip disciples of Jesus, develop leaders, be a blessing to both secular and sacred, plant new churches and seek first God’s kingdom with a focus on young adults and the poor, working in partnership with other churches and denominations.

Saint Philips Chapel Street is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Salford, the archdeaconry of Salford, and the diocese of Manchester. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building. It was a Commissioners' church, having received a grant towards its construction from the Church Building Commission. In planning the church its architect Sir Robert Smirke re-used his design for St Mary's Church, Bryanston Square, Wyndham Place, London. The design of its tower was also used for St Anne's Church, Wandsworth.

The church was built between 1822 and 1824 to a design by Sir Robert Smirke. A grant of £16,804 (equivalent to £1,330,000 in 2015) was given towards its construction by the Church Building Commission. The interior of the church was re-ordered in 1895 by J. Medland Taylor. In 1962 the nearby church of St Stephen closed, and the parishes merged to form the parish of St Philip with St Stephen.