Church of St Nicholas
Church of St Nicholas, Bridge Road
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1257680
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address:
- Church of St Nicholas, Bridge Road
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1257680
- Date first listed:
- 26-Mar-1973
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Nicholas
- Statutory Address 1:
- Church of St Nicholas, Bridge 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 Nicholas, Bridge Road
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Sefton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SJ 31090 99136
Details
SJ39NW
778-1/3/22
CROSBY
BRIDGE ROAD (East side)
Church of St Nicholas
26/03/73
II
Church. 1873-74, by T.D Barry & Sons, with 1894 addition to west end by W.D Caröe. Thin yellow sandstone rubble with freestone dressings, slate roofs and copper-clad fleche.
STYLE: Decorated.
PLAN: six bay nave and two bay apsidal chancel as one vessel with fleche at the junction, north and south aisles with gabled porches, apsidal west chapel.
EXTERIOR: the nave has six circular clerestory windows with differing tracery, and in the west gable two tall narrow two-centred arched three-light windows with elaborate Decorated tracery and a rose window above. The chapel below these windows has a three-sided west end with a cusped window in each of these sides, a steeply-pitched roof with apex cross, and a square bay in each angle with a segmental-pointed window and a hipped roof. The chancel has tall traceried two-centred arched windows with gables above. Elegant fleche with crockets and finial.
INTERIOR: six bay arcades of cylindrical polished granite columns with crocket caps, and two-centred arches both moulded and chamfered; clustered wall-shafts on foliated corbels (all different), and moulded two-centred arches to wooden wagon roof; chancel arch formed by slender clustered wall-shafts rising to traceried wooden arch; chancel with two bay arcades to north organ house and south chapel, and very elaborate carved wooden triptych reredos. West end of nave has elaborate triple arcade to Chapel of St Barnabas. North aisle has stained glass by Kempe.
Listing NGR: SJ3109099136
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 463577
- 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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