Baptist Church
BAPTIST CHURCH, CANNON STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072748
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Baptist Church
- Statutory Address:
- BAPTIST CHURCH, CANNON STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1072748
- Date first listed:
- 09-Mar-1984
- List Entry Name:
- Baptist Church
- Statutory Address 1:
- BAPTIST CHURCH, CANNON STREET
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:
- BAPTIST CHURCH, CANNON STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Hyndburn (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 75883 28515
Details
ACCRINGTON CANNON STREET SD 72 NE 7/10 Baptist Church - - II
Church, 1873. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings, slate roof. Aisled nave with transepts, 3-sided apse, south-east tower with spire. Early English style; some windows lancets, others 2-centred with tracery, quatrefoils etc. Entrance in south gable to road has gableted doorway with moulded arch of 3 orders including marble shafts with foliated sandstone capitals; above this a large traceried window of 5 cusped lights with quatrefoils and cinquefoils in the head; left of gable is a narrow turret topped by an octagonal arcaded lantern with a spirelet; right is tall square 4-stage tower which has ashlar bands, arched doorway with 4 orders of moulding, a cinquefoil in each side, 2 very narrow lancets, tall belfry with coupled lancets, pierced parapet with shafted octagonal pinnacles, and octagonal spire with lucarnes. Four bay nave has triple windows, aisles have 2-light windows with cinquefoil tracery. Large transepts with lancets. Various offices at north end. Interior altered. (History: see R.J.V. Wylie The Baptist Churches of Accrington and District 1923)
Listing NGR: SD7588328515
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 183806
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Wylie, R J V, The Baptist Churches of Accrington and District, (1923)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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