Christ Church, Bacup | |
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![]() Christ Church, Bacup, from the southeast | |
53°42′24″N 2°11′37″W / 53.7068°N 2.1935°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 873,233 |
Location | Beech Street, Bacup, Lancashire |
Country | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Christ Church, Bacup |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 30 November 1984 |
Architect(s) | Sharpe and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1854 |
Construction cost | Over £3,000 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone rubble, slate roof |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Manchester |
Archdeaconry | Bolton |
Deanery | Rossendale |
Parish | Christ Church, Bacup |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev D. Woodall |
Christ Church is in Beech Street, off Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]
The church was built in 1854, and paid for from the legacy of a local manufacturer, James Heyworth. It was designed by the Lancaster firm of architects Sharpe and Paley. The church cost over £3,000 (equivalent to £360,000 in 2023), [3] and contained seating for 500 people. [4] [5] In 2012 it was decided that the church will close, and its congregation will share the premises of the Central Methodist Church. [6] Its last service was held on 26 August 2012, and it was thereafter closed. [7]
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 halfway 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]
The reredos is in stone with blind arcades, crockets, and images of faces. The pulpit is in a similar style. [2] [4] The church contains a pair of stained glass windows by Shrigley and Hunt. [4]
After 8 years of closure, the Church of England is currently in the process of selling the building, for the purpose of conversion into offices, [8] to local digital marketing agency GrowTraffic. [9] [10]
Planning permission was granted for this redevelopment in April 2023. [11]
Christ Church, Bacup | |
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![]() Christ Church, Bacup, from the southeast | |
53°42′24″N 2°11′37″W / 53.7068°N 2.1935°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 873,233 |
Location | Beech Street, Bacup, Lancashire |
Country | English |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | Christ Church, Bacup |
History | |
Status | Parish church |
Architecture | |
Heritage designation | Grade II |
Designated | 30 November 1984 |
Architect(s) | Sharpe and Paley |
Architectural type | Church |
Style | Gothic Revival |
Completed | 1854 |
Construction cost | Over £3,000 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone rubble, slate roof |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Manchester |
Archdeaconry | Bolton |
Deanery | Rossendale |
Parish | Christ Church, Bacup |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Rev D. Woodall |
Christ Church is in Beech Street, off Todmorden Road, Bacup, Lancashire, England. It is a former Anglican parish church in the deanery of Rossendale, the archdeaconry of Bolton and the diocese of Manchester. [1] The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building. [2]
The church was built in 1854, and paid for from the legacy of a local manufacturer, James Heyworth. It was designed by the Lancaster firm of architects Sharpe and Paley. The church cost over £3,000 (equivalent to £360,000 in 2023), [3] and contained seating for 500 people. [4] [5] In 2012 it was decided that the church will close, and its congregation will share the premises of the Central Methodist Church. [6] Its last service was held on 26 August 2012, and it was thereafter closed. [7]
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 halfway 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]
The reredos is in stone with blind arcades, crockets, and images of faces. The pulpit is in a similar style. [2] [4] The church contains a pair of stained glass windows by Shrigley and Hunt. [4]
After 8 years of closure, the Church of England is currently in the process of selling the building, for the purpose of conversion into offices, [8] to local digital marketing agency GrowTraffic. [9] [10]
Planning permission was granted for this redevelopment in April 2023. [11]