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SE0446
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SILSDEN C.P.
WESLEY PLACE (east end)
Catholic Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel

GV
II

Wesleyan Methodist Church, now occupied by Roman Catholics. c1870. Hammer-dressed stone, ashlar dressings, Welsh and Westmorland green slate roof. Cruciform plan. Prominent west end with wide gable in which is set five-light arched window with geometrical tracery and doorway with triangular hood over in which is set quatrefoil. Buttresses with offsets to either side, those to right taller and set back from two faces of octagonal turret with open belfry and spire over. North and South transepts have tall plain lancets. Coped gables with kneelers and finials. Roof has four bands of fish-scale slates.

Interior: Elaborate arch-braced roof springs from clustered colonnettes set in the angle of the transepts. Braces cross in centre forming a St. Andrew's cross figure. Cast-iron hoops set in open spandrels. Pointed arched recess forms shallow sanctuary. Included for group value.

Listing NGR: SE0425946467

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26517592

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