Church of St Nicholas

CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1164597
Date first listed:
17-Dec-1968
List Entry Name:
Church of St Nicholas
Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1164597
Date first listed:
17-Dec-1968
List Entry Name:
Church of St Nicholas
Statutory Address 1:
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS

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

County:
Lancashire
District:
Ribble Valley (District Authority)
Parish:
Sabden
National Grid Reference:
SD 78138 37654

Details

SABDEN SD 73 NE 3/43 Church of St.Nicholas 17-12-1968 - II Church, 1846, with chancel probably later. Squared sandstone with slate roof. Norman style. Comprises a west tower, nave, and lower chancel with a lean-to vestry against its north wall. Tower has west window with round head and 2 round-headed lights with central shaft. Below the window is blind arcading. On the east and west sides are tall blind openings with round heads. On 3 sides are gablets with clock faces, above which rises the bell stage which is octagonal, the 4 cardinal sides wider and with slim round-headed openings. This is surmounted by a stone spire. The west door has a round head. The nave and chancel windows are tall with splayed reveals and round heads. The nave is of 4 bays separated by pilaster strips treated as buttresses of slight projection, with a corbel table under the eaves. The 2 west nave windows are similar. The chancel is of 4 bays, the windows having linked hoods. The east window is similar to the west tower window. Inside, the nave is ceiled and has a west gallery, and the round chancel arch and responds are of several square orders. The chancel has an open timber roof.

Listing NGR: SD7813837654

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
183528
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.

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