St Mary's Hospital, Victoria Baths, the Chinese Consulate, Longsight Market, and a large part of the Curry Mile are all in the parish.

In 1836, a unique enterprise was undertaken by Richard Lane and Partners, architects, to establish a residential area to the east of Wilmslow Road, an "estate" of substantial houses in spacious grounds, where prosperous business and professional families could live.

Lane was noted for his public work in the neo-classical style, for example his Chorlton-on-Medlock Town Hall.

Victoria Park contains examples of work by several architects including Alfred Waterhouse (Xaverian College); George T. Redmayne (Dalton Hall and St Chrysostom's); Edward Salomons (Hirstwood) and Edgar Wood (Church of Christ Scientist).

The park attracted well-known people during the 19th century, including Richard Cobden, MP, George Hadfield, MP, Sir Charles Hallé, Ford Madox Brown, the Pankhursts and Sir Arthur Roscoe, uncle of Beatrix Potter.

The church, in the early English style, was built to the design of George Tunstal Redmayne between 1874 and 1876 at a cost of £13,000.

During rebuilding the congregation of St Chrysostom's met in an "iron church" on the corner of Upper Brook Street and Daisy Bank Road.

Most of its windows are the work of the stained glass artists Burlison and Grylls, influenced by the Pre-Raphaelite style.

The pale elaborate canopies, detailed paintwork, dark robes and magnificent rich colours are characteristic of their work.

John Keble, and Edward Pusey, heroes of the Anglo Catholic movement are honoured with windows.

In the chancel doctors of the Latin and Greek Church are honoured, including, Ambrose, Chrysostom, Athanasius and Augustine.

The window of St John Chrysostom in the chancel is noteworthy: the patron saint is depicted holding a model of the church.

There is also a round stained glass window depicting angels in a rich art deco style.

Archdeacon Anson was a leading tractarian priest in Manchester at the time, and no doubt his influence helped form the tradition which was to develop and remains at St. Chrysostom's.

It occupies a chamber on the north side of the choir, and sports a front comprising the larger pipes of the great open diapason stops.

Since 1906, three alterations have been made: It is an instrument of exceptional quality, substantially unaltered from the 1906 specification in both action and tone.

Furthermore, the instrument now being 100 years old, is showing signs of general wear to the extent that a major conservative restoration is required.