Edgar Wood Centre
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The Edgar Wood Centre is a former Church of Christ, Scientist building in Manchester, England. It is a grade I listed building, and on the Register of Buildings at Risk maintained by English Heritage.
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[edit] History
The building was designed by the architect Edgar Wood for the Christian Scientists' first church in Britain. Construction began in 1903–4. A shortage of space and money led to modifications to the design, and further work took place in 1905–7.[1]
Pevsner described the church as "one of the most original buildings of that time in England, or indeed anywhere."[2] The church was decorated by bronze lettering of parts of the Bible and works by Mary Baker Eddy, an Arabic organ screen, and chairs designed by Wood.
The church closed in 1971 and was heavily vandalised before reopening as the Edgar Wood Centre in 1975.[3] In turn, this closed in 2003, and the building is currently disused; it has been placed on the English Heritage Register of Buildings at Risk 2007.[4] The building was listed grade I in 1994.[5] Most of the furnishings and stained glass have been removed.[1]
[edit] See also
Grade I listed buildings in Greater Manchester
[edit] References
- ^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Matthew Hyde and Nikolaus Pevsner (2004). Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East, The buildings of England. New Haven, Conn. ; London: Yale University Press. ISBN 0-300-10583-5.
- ^ Pevsner, Nikolaus (1969). South Lancashire, The buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin. ISBN 0-140-71036-1.
- ^ Cockburn, Mary-Ann. "'Wood' you credit it!", Manchester Forum Summer 2003, Manchester Civic Society.
- ^ Edgar Wood Centre, Daisy Bank Road. Buildings at Risk Register 2007. English Heritage (2007). Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
- ^ Listed buildings in Manchester by street (D). Manchester City Council. Retrieved on 2008-01-14.
