Work on a new £3m million wing for Gorton Monastery is to begin next month. It is hoped the new eco-friendly front wing will be complete by the end of this year, allowing The Monastery of St ...

Gorton Monastery has been dubbed Manchester’s Taj Mahal. It's been part of Margaret Morrow’s life for a long time and she puts the case for the Pugin masterpiece to be acknowledge as the city ...

Multi-million pound plans have been announced to restore Gorton Monastery in Manchester. It follows a ten year campaign to try and raise enough money to bring the church dubbed Manchester's Taj ...

St Francis & Gorton Monastery in East Manchester has been dubbed Manchester's Taj Mahal and is included on the World Heritage list of 100 most endangered sites. It's been saved by a £6m ...

GARDENS at historic Gorton Monastery have been given a revamp by college students. Trainees in construction and specialist 'mason paviour' paving techniques at MANCAT were joined by young people ...

The 17ft (5m) cross, with a life-size statue of Christ, is currently being restored, before taking pride of place at Gorton monastery. It was due to be sent to Florida church, but was bought by the ...

A statue of Madonna and child is to be returned to Gorton Monastery after it was found for sale in a local antiques shop about 10 years ago. The hand-painted statue was one of the treasures taken from ...

Having since suffered from socio-economic decline, Gorton is now being regenerated and the Manchester Camerata is doing something very new in its move to The Monastery, providing a weekly Music ...

THE charitable trust running east Manchester's iconic venue, Gorton Monastery, has hailed "another year of progress" as it reported a trading surplus in the year to the end of January.

EVENTS venue Gorton Monastery is celebrating its strongest ever year, as sales increased 65% and it made a profit for the first time. Despite increased competition from new event spaces, ...