Euxton Parish Church

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Euxton Parish Church
Euxton Parish Church
Location in Lancashire
Coordinates: 53°40′05″N 2°40′31″W / 53.66809°N 2.67538°W / 53.66809; -2.67538
Location Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire
Country England
Denomination Anglican
Website Euxton C of E Church, Euxton
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Heritage designation Grade II*
Architectural type Church
Specifications
Capacity 191
Materials Stone, slate roofs
Administration
Parish Euxton
Deanery Chorley
Archdeaconry Blackburn
Diocese Blackburn
Province York
Clergy
Vicar(s) Revd John Riley

Euxton Parish Church is in the English village of Euxton in the borough of Chorley, Lancashire. It is an active parish church in the Diocese of Blackburn and the archdeaconry of Blackburn. It is designated as a Grade II* listed building by English Heritage.[1] The church has a seating capacity of 191.[2]

History

The church probably dates from the 14th century, rebuilt about 1513 by the Molyneux family.[1] It was originally a chapel of ease to St Andrew's Church, Leyland and was used as a Roman Catholic chapel until the late 17th or early 18th century, when it was transferred to the Church of England.[1][3]

The church was originally built as a chapel for Euxton Hall and bears a date stone with the initials of one of the Molyneux family[4] who were the owners of the chapel and Euxton Hall from the 1300s.[3]

Architecture

Exterior

There is a commonality between the appearance of Euxton Parish Church and the oldest parts of neighbouring 14th-century church in Eccleston.

Having evolved from a small family chapel into a local parish church, the exterior of the church has seen several stages of modifications, the most recent being the addition of a porch, which was built at the front of the church in 1998 using a similar red sandstone taken from the barn of Eli Heaton (who had served as church verger for over 40 years[5]).

Interior

Notably, in the nave there is a double piscina and sedilia which have been dated from around the first 50 years of the 14th century.

External features

The churchyard contains the war grave of an airman of World War II.[6]

References

Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 English Heritage, "Euxton Parish Church (1362144)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 14 July 2013 
  2. ↑ "Online Parish Clerk". http://www.lan-opc.org.uk. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Farrer & Brownbill (1911), pp. 17–23
  4. ↑ "Online Parish Clerk". Euxton Council. 
  5. ↑ "Obituary of Eli Heaton". Lancashire Lantern. 
  6. ↑ MAHONEY, ALAN, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 13 February 2013 

Sources

External links

Lancashire Listed churches in Lancashire
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