Description

SK 01 SE FAREWELL AND FAREWELL
CHORLEY C.P.

2/23 Church of St. Bartholomew
27.2.64

GV II*

Parish church. Circa 1300 largely rebuilt in the mid C18 and restored
mid C19. Chancel, nave and west tower (with south porch). Stone and
red brick; tiled roofs with verge parapets to east. Tower: 1747 brick,
only slightly taller than nave ridge, raised string below plain corniced
parapet, small round-arch bell chamber openings; gabled south porch
with round arch entrance. Nave: 1740 of brick; corbelled eaves band
and pilasters at extremities; two bays, round arch Y-tracery windows
with keystone heads. Chancel: of one bay and under continuous ridge
with nave, C15 panel tracery two-light flat-headed windows to sides;
3-light, pointed east window with intersecting tracery. Interior:
nave roof late C19 crown post type. Pulpit: C20, octagonal with carved
linenfold panels. Simple font on stand inscribed "A. A. MINN/IR CH
WAR/1703". Two ranges of circa 1300 misericords in chancel. Graded
II* for surviving medieval fabric and fittings. B.O.E. p.131.

Listing NGR: SK0832311622

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q17557823

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Recommended Books

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  Cornwall (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bristol (Pevsner Architectural Guides: City Guides)
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  Worcestershire Revised Edition (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)