Church in Lancashire, England
54°05′35″N 2°39′51″W / 54.0931°N 2.6641°W / 54.0931; -2.6641OS grid reference | SD 567,666 |
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Location | Claughton, Lancashire |
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Country | England |
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Denomination | Anglican |
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History |
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Status | Former parish church |
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Founded | 1070 |
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Dedication | Saint Chad |
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Architecture |
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Functional status | Redundant |
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Heritage designation | Grade II |
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Designated | 4 December 1985 |
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Architect(s) | Austin and Paley (restoration and additions of 1904) |
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Architectural type | Church |
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Style | Gothic, Gothic Revival |
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Completed | 1904 |
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Specifications |
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Length | 50 feet (15 m) |
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Width | 26 feet (8 m) |
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Materials | Sandstone, slate roof |
St Chad's Church is in the village of Claughton, Lancashire, England. It is a redundant Anglican parish church, which is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The original church was built on the site in 1070,[2] and the recorded list of its rectors goes back to 1230.[3] The present church was built on the same site in 1815.[3] In 1869 Hubert Austin designed new tracery for the east window. It cost £270 (equivalent to £43,000 in 2023),[4] which also paid for the stained glass that was designed by Henry Holiday, and made by Heaton, Butler and Bayne.[5] In 1904 Austin and Paley carried out work on the church, adding a north aisle, a porch, and buttresses, replacing the floor, removing the plaster ceiling, and providing new seating, a pulpit, and a lectern. This work cost about £900 (equivalent to £122,000).[4][6] The church was declared redundant on 1 December 2002,[7] due to a decline in the size of the congregation and because of the need for repairs.[8]
Architecture
St Chad's is constructed in sandstone rubble with a slate roof. It incorporates older fabric dating from about 1300 and from 1602. The plan consists of a nave and chancel in one cell, a north aisle, a north vestry, and a north porch. Along the side of the aisle are three two-light mullioned windows, with a single-light window in the angle with the vestry. On the south wall are three windows containing Perpendicular tracery. Between the nave and the chancel is a buttress. At the west end of the church is a single-light window with a trefoil head in the aisle, a buttress between the aisle and the nave and, in the nave wall, a carved panel containing the name W. Croft and the date 1602. The east window dates probably from about 1300 and has three lights with intersecting tracery and a pointed head. On the west gable is a double bellcote.[1] One bell is said to be inscribed with the date 1296, making it the oldest bell in England.[1][3] The other bell is dated 1727.[3] Inside the church is a Perpendicular-style arcade dating from 1904,[9] consisting of three semi-circular arches carried on round piers.[1] The baluster font dates from the 18th or early 19th century.[9]
External features
In the churchyard to the south of the church is a medieval sandstone cross base with an empty socket. It is listed at Grade II.[10]
See also
- Lancashire portal
References
Citations
- ^ a b c d Historic England, "Church of St Chad, Claughton (1071678)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ Lewis, Samuel, ed. (1848), "Clareborough – Claycoaton", A Topographical Dictionary of England, British History Online, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, pp. 620–623, retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ a b c d Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1914), "Claughton: Church", A History of the County of Lancaster, Victoria County History, vol. 8, University of London & History of Parliament Trust, pp. 210–217, retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ a b 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 7 May 2024
- ^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 223.
- ^ Brandwood et al. 2012, p. 245.
- ^ Diocese of Blackburn: All Schemes (PDF), Church Commissioners/Statistics, Church of England, 2010, p. 3, retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ Claughton St Chad, Lancashire, The Church of Jesus Christ of Letter-Day Saints, retrieved 27 March 2012
- ^ a b Hartwell & Pevsner 2009, p. 230.
- ^ Historic England, "Cross base south of Church of St Chad, Claughton (1071679)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 27 March 2012
Sources
- Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin, Swindon: English Heritage, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
- Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North, The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
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