Church of St Saviour
CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR, FOLD ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067295
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Saviour
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR, FOLD ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1067295
- Date first listed:
- 31-May-1966
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Saviour
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR, FOLD ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR, FOLD ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bolton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 76441 05275
Details
KEARSLEY FOLD ROAD SD 70 NE (east side) Ringley
10/36 Church of 31/5/66 St. Saviour
G.V. II
Church. 1850-4. By Sharpe and Paley. Rock-faced stone with ashlar dressings; stone slate roof. Nave with aisles under lean-to roofs, chancel with south vestry. 5-bay nave has aisle windows of 2 trefoil-headed lights under multifoils; single-chamfered tracery. Clerestory has quatrefoil windows. North aisle has porch with segmental- pointed entrance; window to right of 3 pointed lights with uncarved corbels. West end has entrance under 3 tall 2- light traceried windows. To right an octagonal turret with gabled buttress; top stage has angle shafts and lancet openings, cornice and slate spire. Gabled buttress to left. 2-light plate tracery aisle windows. Entrance hood stops and buttress corbels are uncarved. Chancel has diagonal buttresses flanking stepped triple lancets; 3 lancets to north. Vestry has 2 lights and keyed roundel, the keys with letters AMDG, and entrance with shouldered lintel to east; straight-headed windows to south and west. Interior 5-bay nave arcades on round columns. Braced collar roof. Round font on chustered shafts. Arms of Charles I, dated 1637, above entrance. Wall memorials to Ellis Fletcher, died 1836 and Matthew Fletcher, died 1808, both have figure by urn on plinth with profile portrait. Chancel arch on corbelled shafts. Octagonal pulpit on shaft; symbols of evangelists. Rood on beam, 1928, has crucifixion and flanking figures. organ loft to south. East end has alabaster arcading with mosaic panels and ceramic tile figures, double piscina to north and 3 sedilia to south. Good C19 stained glass to east, C17 armorial glass to north. 2 early C19 wall memorials.
Listing NGR: SD7644105275
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 210517
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 23-Jun-2026 at 20:47:57.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.