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Latitude: 53.5868 / 53°35'12"N
Longitude: -2.6615 / 2°39'41"W
OS Eastings: 356306
OS Northings: 410229
OS Grid: SD563102
Mapcode National: GBR 9VVY.LY
Mapcode Global: WH97R.23WL
Plus Code: 9C5VH8PQ+P9
Entry Name: Gatehouse to Church of St Wilfrid
Listing Date: 10 May 1988
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1228470
English Heritage Legacy ID: 403068
ID on this website: 101228470
Location: St Wilfrid's Church, Standish, Wigan, Greater Manchester, WN6
County: Wigan
Electoral Ward/Division: Standish with Langtree
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Standish
Traditional County: Lancashire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Greater Manchester
Church of England Parish: Standish St Wilfrid
Church of England Diocese: Blackburn
Tagged with: Gatehouse War memorial
STANDISH-WITH-LANGTREE MARKET PLACE
SD 51 SE
(north side)
2/120 Gatehouse to
Church of
- St. Wilfrid
G.V. II
Gate house. 1927. By Austin and Paley. Stone. 2 storeys with
small lean-to bay to left return and octagonal turret to
right. Cornice with bosses carved with cardinal virtues and
embattled parapet; 3 angles have projecting angels with
symbols of biblical virtues. Weathered buttress to left.
Tudor-arched entrance has continuous moulding and enriched
spandrels, with rose and pomegranate. 1:2:1-light canted
oriel has cusped lights and frieze with carved harp,fleur-
de-lys and trinity fishes; hipped roof. Small light with
label to lean-to bay. Turret has inset war memorial plaque
and Standish arms. Cornice and top panelled sides with
mullion and transom, and cusped panels; leaded lights;
cornice and embattled parapet. Rear similar; statue in
niche with nodding ogee over arch; flanking buttresses and
2 mullioned windows of 2 lights to left. Lean-to bay has
elliptical-headed entrance. Entrance passage has inscribed
frieze and memorial tablets.
Listing NGR: SD5630610229
This List entry has been amended to add sources for War Memorials Online and the War Memorials Register. These sources were not used in the compilation of this List entry but are added here as a guide for further reading, 29 August 2017.
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