St James' Church, Church Kirk
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St James' Church from the southwest
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OS grid reference | SD 741 291 |
Location | St James' Road, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | St James, Church Kirk |
Architecture | |
Status | Parish church |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade II* |
Designated | 9 March 1984 |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic, Georgian, Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1896 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
Administration | |
Parish | Church (or Church Kirk) |
Deanery | Accrington |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Province | York |
Clergy | |
Rector | Revd Neville Ashton |
Laity | |
Churchwarden(s) | Kenneth McLoughlin, Brenda Maple, Joan Houston, John Broadley |
St James' Church is in St James' Road, Church, Hyndburn, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Accrington, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn.[1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II* listed building.[2]
History
A church has been on the site since 642 AD,[3] and the site is traditionally associated with St Oswald.[4] The tower dates from the late medieval period, and the nave was built in 1804–05.[2] The parapet was added to the tower in 1844. In 1895–96 the chancel was built, and tracery was installed in the nave windows. The stained glass in the south nave windows was replaced in 1918 following damage caused by an explosion in a nearby ammunition factory.[4] The tower was damaged by fire in 1983.[2]
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. In the body of the church the stone is coursed, but in the tower it is uncoursed and roughly hewn. The plan consists of a five-bay nave, a three-bay chancel, and a west tower. The tower is supported by buttresses, and has a low rectangular west door, above which is a three-light Perpendicular window. There are Perpendicular bell openings on three sides of the tower, and a clock on the fourth side. The parapet is embattled.[2] The nave is in two storeys, with two tiers of windows along the sides. These are round-arched, in Georgian style, and contain tracery from the Victorian period.[4] The chancel windows are arched with tracery.[2]
Interior
Inside the church are galleries on three sides, carried on octagonal cast iron columns with fluting and roundels in the capitals. At the west end is a pair of staircases. The ceiling is flat.[2] The reredos was made by Powell's in 1909, and is made using the opus sectile technique. The font is Perpendicular in style. In the south wall of the nave are two sets of windows with stained glass depicting the Four Evangelists. These are made by Morris & Co. in 1918, and are copies of the originals of 1891 that were damaged in the explosion. On the south side of the chancel are windows of 1927 by B. D. Walmsley.[4] There is a ring of eight bells, all cast in 1865–67 by John Warner & Sons.[5]
See also
References
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- Church of England churches in Lancashire
- Diocese of Blackburn
- Grade II* listed churches in Lancashire
- English Gothic architecture in Lancashire
- Georgian architecture in England
- Gothic Revival churches in England
- Gothic Revival architecture in Lancashire
- Buildings and structures in Hyndburn