Methodist Church

METHODIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1163587
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1984
Statutory Address:
METHODIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER ROAD
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1163587
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1984
Statutory Address 1:
METHODIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER ROAD

Location

Statutory Address:
METHODIST CHURCH, MANCHESTER ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Lancashire
District:
Rossendale (District Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SD 78700 23024

Details

SD 72 SE HASLINGDEN MANCHESTER ROAD

5/110 Methodist Church - GV II

Methodist church, 1857, altered and enlarged 1883. Rock-faced sandstone with ashlar dressings, slate roof with ridge ventilator. Nave with chancel and transepts, the north transept linked to a gabled crosswing (Memorial Hall). In Gothic style, with Perpendicular tracery in windows and pierced parapet. East gable to road has diagonal buttresses, 1st floor band, crocketed apex pinnacles, large moulded Perpendicular-style doorway in the centre, with large 5-light transomed window above, flanking these 2 octagonal turrets (square at ground floor level) with embattled bellcotes above the parapet finished with crocketed pinnacles; a smaller door and 1st floor window in the outer bays. Five-bay side walls have gableted buttresses with weatherings, 2-light transomed windows. Chancel and transepts in matching style, with large 5-light west window to chancel. Interior: 3-sided gallery with pierced Gothic-style front, carried on octagonal iron columns with panelled faces and moulded caps (west end of gallery now enclosed by glazed screen); chancel, added in 1883, has moulded arch with ball-flower ornament, marble reredos screen arcade, carved wooden organ case: these and other furnishings (including screen now missing) mostly donated 1885 by family of James Stott of Sykeside House, Rawtenstall Road (q.v.).

Listing NGR: SD7870023024

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Legacy System number:
185688
Legacy System:
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