Description

GOLTHO GOLTHO ROAD
TF 17 NW
(east side)
2/35 Church of
St. George
30.11.66
II*

Parish church, now redundant. c.1640, early C18, late C19. Red
brick. Plain tiled roofs with tile coped west gable and bell
turret gable, wooden eaves. West bell turret, nave and
rectangular chancel. C17 nave with high plinth and west door
with pointed, moulded head and plank door. Rectangular window
above with inner pointed, blocked opening. Narrow band above.
Bell turret with single round headed opening, the upper parts and
gable late C19. North side of nave with small opening set high
up to west with segmental head and brick air-vent inserted,
probably intended to illuminate interior stairs to west gallery.
Large window to east with segmental head, rectangular, moulded
surround and rectangular moulded hood mould. Early C18 chancel
with high plinth and single, large, pointed north window. East
end with flat band rising above blind, oval window. Late C19
buttress rising up centre of east front. South side of chancel
with single, large, pointed window. South side of nave with
large C18 window with segmental head, rectangular moulded
surround and rectangular moulded hood mould. Part of blocked
brick arch of blocked C17 south doorway immediately to left with
small opening set high up to west with segmental head and brick
air-vent inserted. Interior stripped of contents with sparse
fragments of panelling and west gallery. Moulded stone plinth
for altar. Niche with pointed head in north wall of nave. Niche
with segmental head in south wall of nave.2 C17 gravestones in
nave floor. C17 and C18 tie beam roofs.

Listing NGR: TF1162677501

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• St George's Church, Goltho at Wikipedia
• St George's Church, Goltho official website
• Wikidata Q7593135

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Recommended Books

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  Lancashire: Manchester and the South-East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)