Christ Church
CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1317960
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-1983
- Statutory Address:
- CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER ROAD
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- 2002-09-22
- Reference:
- IOE01/05682/11
- Rights:
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed building
- List Entry Number:
- 1317960
- Date first listed:
- 07-Nov-1983
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER ROAD
Location
- Statutory Address:
- CHRIST CHURCH, LANCASTER ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Lancaster (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Carnforth
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 49898 70507
Details
SD 47 SE CARNFORTH LANCASTER ROAD
3/65 Christ Church
II
Church, 1875, by Brade and Smales (Pevsner) with north aisle of 1900 and tower at west end of south nave wall of 1908 by W. Gilbee Scott (foundation stone). Snecked sandstone rubble with slate roof. Church has transepts, a low south aisle and a north aisle under a pitched roof. East and west windows of geometrical tracery. West wall of north aisle has a rose window with flowing tracery. Tower of 3 stages with angle buttresses, with the main doorway in its west wall. The doorway is double-chamfered with a 2-centred head, a castellated lintel over the door and a tympanum with tracery decoration. Above is a clock, with 2-light bell openings on each wall with foiled tracery. Tower has pyramidal slate roof behind a battlemented parapet with corner gargoyles. Interior. Northern arcade of 5 bays with round piers. Southern arcade of 2 bays with round piers and heavily foliated capitals. Chancel arch has similar capitals. Chancel has glazed and encaustic tiles, a painted timber roof and a timber south clearstorey window. The nave has an open timber roof with arch-braced collars and king posts.
Listing NGR: SD4989870507
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 181831
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Pevsner, N, The Buildings of England: North Lancashire, (1969)
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