Description

SE 01 NW CHURCH LANE
Scammonden
1/515

- Church of St Bartholomew

- II

Mid to late C19. Gothic revival church. Hammer dressed stone with ashlar
dressings. Steeply pitched grey and purple slate roof. Coped gables with
footstones and kneelers. Carved finials. Nave with tower, chancel,transepts.
Between chancel and south transept is 4-pier square bell tower with crenellated
parapet and slated spire. On bell tower is 5 sided stair tower. Ashlar parapet
to bell tower is supported on brackets and has gargoyles. Upper level of
tower has louvred openings to belfry with pointed arch and hood mould, and
paired colonnettas to jambs. Other openings in tower have false pointed and
shouldered arches in deep lintel. On south side is sundial with date 1813
(presumably reset). Transepts have pointed arched windows with geometrical
bar tracery, with 3 slender lights, 3 trefoil and one 6-foil lights. Small
light with shouldered head to apix of south gable. On south elevation of
nave is porch with pointed arched dtpening and doorway with semicircular headin
ashlar. One 2-light window with stained glass and shouldered heads in deep
lintel with semicircular relieving arch\ over. East gable: large pointed arched
window with geometrical bar tracery jwith 4 slender lights, one quatrefoil
and 2 trefoil openings. West gable: 8-light rose window, 3 slender lights
at ground level with pointed heads and blocked light in gable apex with shouldered
head.

Listing NGR: SE0463216003

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26566121

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