Description

SJ 49 NE ECCLESTON CHURCH ROAD

5/70 Christ Church

II

Parish church. 1838, designed by the lord of the manor, Samuel Taylor, a cotton manufacturer. Rock-faced red sandstone ashlar (quarried locally). Welsh slate roof. W steeple, nave, chancel, transepts, lean-to vestry S of chancel. 3-stage tower, the middle stage the only party of the church not rock-faced and with continuous blind arcade; triple belfry openings; needle spire. Single lancets to nave, divided by buttresses; triple lancets to transepts. E end: triple lancets framed by large octagonal turrets, battlemented with spirelets. Interior: hammer-beam roof; quadripartite wooden vault over crossing. The best woodwork had all be brought from elsewhere (some from St Peter, Liverpool); pulpit (late C17); communion rails and parts of W gallery incorporate work that Pevsner considers to be C18 Flemish or French Rococo. Alabaster font, c.1900, Arts and Crafts. Good quality stained glass of various dates. References: Pevsner, Buildings of England, South Lancashire (1969) p.109; Christchurch Eccleston 1838-1988 (n.d.)

Listing NGR: SJ4844595558

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26671861

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Warwickshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)