Christ Church, Bacup

Christ Church, Bacup

Christ Church, Bacup, from the southeast
Christ Church, Bacup
Location in Lancashire
OS grid reference SD 873 233
Location Beech Street, Bacup, Lancashire
Country English
Denomination Anglican
Website Christ Church, Bacup
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II
Designated 30 November 1984
Architect(s) Sharpe and Paley
Architectural type Church
Style Gothic Revival
Completed 1854
Specifications
Materials Sandstone rubble, slate roof
Administration
Parish Christ Church, Bacup
Deanery Rossendale
Archdeaconry Bolton
Diocese Manchester
Province York
Clergy
Vicar(s) Rev D. Woodall

Christ Church, Bacup, is in Beech Street, off Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester.[1] The church has been designated by English Heritage as a Grade II listed building.[2]

Contents

History

The church was built in 1854 for a local manufacturer, James Heyworth, and designed by the Lancaster firm of architects Sharpe and Paley.[3] As of 2011, it has been decided that the church will close, and its congregation will share the premises of the Central Methodist Church.[4]

Architecture

Exterior

Christ Church is constructed in sandstone rubble with a slate roof. Its architectural style is Gothic Revival. The plan consists of a southwest tower, a four-bay nave with north and south aisles, a porch, and a clerestory, and a two-bay chancel. The tower is in three stages and has diagonal buttresses rising half way up the tower. At its southeast corner is a polygonal stair turret rising to a greater height than the tower and surmounted by a pinnacled lantern. It has a three-light west window in the lowest stage with smaller three-light windows in the middle stage on the west and south sides. The top stage contains two-light bell openings and at the top is a plain parapet. At the west end of the body of the church are triple two-light windows with a wheel window above them in the gable. At the east end is a triple lancet window.[2]

Interior

The reredos is in stone with blind arcades, crockets, and images of faces. The pulpit is in a similar style.[2][3] The church contains a pair of stained glass windows by Shrigley and Hunt.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Christ Church, Bacup, Church of England, http://www.achurchnearyou.com/bacup-christ-church/, retrieved 27 June 2010 
  2. ^ a b c Christ Church, Bacup (1072858). National Heritage List for England. English Heritage. Retrieved 10 May 2011.
  3. ^ a b c Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 90, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9 
  4. ^ Newsletter, Friends of Friendless Churches, Autumn 2011, p. 26