St Paul's Church, Adlington

St Paul's Church is in Railway Road, Adlington, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, 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] It is registered as a parish of the Society under the patronage of St Wilfrid and St Hilda.[3]

St Paul's Church, Adlington
St Paul's Church, Adlington, from the south
St Paul's Church, Adlington
Location in the Borough of Chorley
OS grid referenceSD 603 135
LocationRailway Road, Adlington, Lancashire
CountryEngland
DenominationAnglican
ChurchmanshipCatholic
WebsiteSt Paul, Adlington
History
StatusParish church
Architecture
Functional statusActive
Heritage designationGrade II
Designated13 July 1966
Architect(s)T. D. Barry and Sons
Architectural typeChurch
StyleGothic Revival
Groundbreaking1883
Completed1884
Construction cost£8,000
Specifications
Capacity400
MaterialsStone, slate roof
Administration
ParishAdlington
DeaneryChorley
ArchdeaconryBlackburn
DioceseBlackburn
ProvinceYork
Clergy
Vicar(s)Fr David Arnold, SSC
Laity
Churchwarden(s)Julia Henry, Christine Darbyshire

History

St Paul's was built in 1883–84 and designed by T. D. Barry and Sons, at a cost of £8,000 (£840,000 in 2019).[4][5] The tower was added following the First World War as a memorial to those who lost their lives.

Architecture

Exterior

The church is in Gothic Revival style, incorporating Early English and Decorated features.[5] It is constructed in yellow stone with red stone dressings; the roof is of Welsh slate, with a crest of red tiles. The plan consists of a five-bay nave with a clerestory, north and south aisles, north and south transepts, and a chancel. At the southeast corner is a three-stage tower, containing an entrance porch in the bottom stage. The tower is supported by angle buttresses, it has paired bell openings and clock faces in the top stage, and a battlemented parapet.[2] There were plans to have a tall spire, but this was never built.[5] Along the sides of the aisles are single-light windows, with two-light windows in the clerestory. In the north and south walls of the transepts are two lancet windows with an oval window above.[2]

Interior

Inside the church are five-bay arcades carried on clustered piers with moulded capitals and moulded arches. The transept and chancel arches are higher but similar. The roof of the nave is scissor-braced.[2] In the north transept are stained glass windows by Morris & Co. dated 1895 and 1897, and in the south aisle are two windows of 1953 by A. F. Erridge.[5] There is a ring of eight bells, all cast by John Taylor & Co; one dates from 1932, one from 1933, and the rest from 1934.[6]

See also

References

  1. St Paul, Adlington, Church of England, retrieved 29 October 2013
  2. Historic England, "Church of St Paul, Adlington (1072623)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 29 October 2013
  3. Parishes of the Society, retrieved 2 September 2017
  4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)", MeasuringWorth, retrieved 2 February 2020
  5. Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, p. 82, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
  6. Adlington, S Paul, Dove's Guide for Church Bell Ringers, retrieved 29 October 2013
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