Description

BAKEWELL

SK2168 BUXTON ROAD
831-1/4/52 (North East side)
Catholic Church of the English
Martyrs

GV II

Church. 1849. Ashlar sandstone with rubble limestone to rear,
slate roof. 1:4 bays; bay 1 projects and is gabled; single
vessel raised over schoolroom. Orientated north-south (ritual
orientation used in this description).
EXTERIOR: gabled pilasters at angles and bay divisions; tall
plinth with offset above pairs of lancet windows to the
basement. Chamfered sill band to tall lancets which light the
body of the church. Bay 1 gable has round-arched door; in
plinth a lancet window and vesica. Pointed-arched door in
right side approached by flight of steps with ashlar side wall
and 2 lancet openings beneath. Eaves cornice, shaped kneelers
and moulded gable copings; roll-finial to front gable.
East end: taller buttresses flank a stepped 3-light window
beneath louvred vesica. Centre part of gable raised as a
parapet; carved apex finial.
INTERIOR: west gallery; decorative queen-post trusses with
Gothic Revival panels, arched braces with mouchettes and
pendants.
Originally built as the Congregational Church with schoolroom
under.

Listing NGR: SK2169268654

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26425604

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Recommended Books

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  Renovating Old Houses: Bringing New Life to Vintage Homes (For Pros By Pros)
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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Lancashire: Liverpool and the South-West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)