Description

SWINTON & PENDLEBURY BOLTON ROAD SD 70 SE (south west side) 2/5 Christ Church (formerly listed under Pendlebury 30/3/66 Road) - II

Church. 1859 by Corson with tower of 1861 by G. F. Bodley. Rock-faced stone with slate roof. Wide nave with small chancel and north-west tower/porch. Gothic revival. 6-bay nave with projecting plinth and weathered buttresses. Each bay has a 2-light window with plate tracery. Large roof broken only by dormer windows and vents. 3-bay chancel with 3 lancet windows, diagonal buttresses and a 3-light east window. The 4-stage tower dominates the otherwise plain design. It is tall and square with an unusual saddle roof and has weathered diagonal buttresses on the north side only. Pointed doorway below second stage lancet. Blind cusped openings in the third stage and 3 lancet belfry openings in arched recesses with attached columns belfry. Interior: arch-braced collar roof trusses on gigantic carved stone corbels. Carved stone font, pulpit and reredos. Timber fittings and stained glass.

Listing NGR: SD7819702219

External Links

• Wikidata Q26639314

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