Long Street Methodist Church and School
97 Long Street, Middleton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M24 6UN
Long Street Methodist Church and Schools were built in 1899. It is an outstanding Grade II* listed building incorporating Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau and modern stylistic elements into a magnificent whole. The writers of the latest Pevsner guide describe the interior of the church as a 'knockout', and the adjacent school is pure Arts and Crafts with a lovely 'outdoor room' garden accessed through an Art Nouveau gateway topped by a cubic modern sculpture.
This year we have two exhibitions: 1) a series of drawings by Edgar Wood, documenting the building of the Manchester Ship Canal commissioned by his cousin, Joseph Tertius Wood, an engineer on the canal project. These have recently been ‘rediscovered’ and copies will be on display.
2) On the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II, we have an exhibition of paintings by Kathe Schuftan (1899-1958) a German Jewish artist who suffered imprisonment and torture by the Nazis and her work classed as degenerate art. She escaped to England, becoming a munitions worker during the war and a commercial artist after.
She exhibited works at Manchester Academy of Fine Art in 1940 &1942.
A retrospective of her work was shown at Salford Museum and Art Gallery in 1959, and thanks to local art collectors, we are able to show her work in this anniversary year.
Drawing workshops: See details of these on our website www.edgarwoodsociety.org
Timings & Tours
- Saturday 13 September:
- 10.30-1600
- Sunday 14 September:
- 13.00-16.00
- Wednesday 17 September:
- 1030-1600
- Saturday 20 September:
- 10.30-1600
- Sunday 21 September:
- 13.00- 1600
Location & directions
97 Long Street, Middleton, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M24 6UN
- Directions:
- We are situated on the main road (A664) from Middleton to Rochdale, a quarter of a mile north of the town centre. We are on the 17 bus route between Manchester and Rochdale. If arriving by car, park for free (but ticket required from machine) on nearby Market Place car park M24 6AE or St. Leonard's Square, New Lane. M24 6DJ and walk through the small park.
- Contact on day:
- Geoff
- Telephone number:
- +447423062302
Booking information
- Pre-booking requirement:
- Pre-booking not required
Accessibility details
Access to the main doors are by a flight of 10 steps. There are some steps in the garden quadrangle and 4 steps between the nave and the chancel. Only the church is open to visitors on both Saturdays owing to private events taking place in the schoolrooms from 12 noon onwards. Note: there is no disabled/wheelchair access to the church chancel on Saturday afternoons for the reason stated. Disabled drop off at other times is at the rear of the church in Lever Street.
