BISPHAM PARISH CHURCH (ALL HALLOWS)
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1362390
- Date first listed:
- 20-Oct-1983
- Statutory Address:
- BISPHAM PARISH CHURCH (ALL HALLOWS), ALL HALLOWS ROAD
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Location
- Statutory Address:
- BISPHAM PARISH CHURCH (ALL HALLOWS), ALL HALLOWS ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Blackpool (Unitary Authority)
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 31902 40578
Details
SD 34 SW BLACKPOOL ALL HALLOWS ROAD, BISPHAM
1/1 Bispham Parish Church (All Hallows)
II
Church, 1883, by John Lowe of Manchester: third building on the site of
the original church of the parish of Bispham, until 1821 the only church
in Blackpool; incorporates fragments of early C12th masonry. Stone with
slate roofs. Nave, chancel, west tower, in minimally Early English style.
Tower with angle-buttresses, squinch-set stair turret on north side, 3
belfry louvres on east side parapet and pinnacles. Nave of 5 bays,
buttressed, a gabled porch to the west bay, and one pair of single-light
cusped windows in each of the other bays. Chancel with transepts, the
northern one very short; each has 2 pairs of similar windows, and a round
trefoil window in the gable. Triple light east window. South doorway is
1883 restoration of Norman original, incorporating fragments of original
masonry: principally, 2 pairs of scalloped capitals on each side, and an
uncertain number of chevron-patterned voussoirs in the outer band; middle
band of raised chevrons with carved signs of the zodiac is Victorian
interpretation of signs said to have been found carved upon originals
when whitewash was removed (VCH Vol. 7 p. 244). Interior: king-post
roof on arched braces rising from wall posts supported by stone corbels;
ground floor of tower wall incorporates an ancient piscina hewn from a
square block, a round arch with hollowed spandrels above it; north transept
has painted wooden Commandment Table on west wall.
Listing NGR: SD3190240578
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 183657
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Farrer, W, Brownbill, J, The Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, (1906), 244
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
End of official listing
