St Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church and Attached Parish Rooms
ST THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ATTACHED PARISH ROOMS, COLLEGE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379930
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- St Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church and Attached Parish Rooms
- Statutory Address:
- ST THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ATTACHED PARISH ROOMS, COLLEGE ROAD
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Official list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1379930
- Date first listed:
- 09-Dec-1999
- List Entry Name:
- St Theresa of the Child Jesus Roman Catholic Church and Attached Parish Rooms
- Statutory Address 1:
- ST THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ATTACHED PARISH ROOMS, COLLEGE 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:
- ST THERESA OF THE CHILD JESUS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH AND ATTACHED PARISH ROOMS, COLLEGE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- West Lancashire (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Up Holland
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 51881 06090
Details
SD50NW UPHOLLAND COLLEGE ROAD
(West Side)
783-1/2/10002 St Theresa of the Child Jesus
Roman Catholic Church and attached Parish Rooms
II
Parish church and attached parish room and vestry. Designed 1952 by Francis Xavier Velarde and built 1955-57. Sculpture carved by Herbert Tyson Smith. Brown brick with ashlar dressings and plain tile roofs. Nave with Galilee porch and single east aisle, detached north-east tower and chancel.
South or ritual west front is blank with single storey Galilee porch and above single circular window, and to east aisle a pair of round headed windows with carved stone mullion between.
Nave east front has doorway to left with double doors and cusped head with ashlar tympanum, beyond blank aisle wall with plain projecting buttresses topped with carved figures. Above pairs of round headed clerestory windows with carved mullions. To right short passage links to the square tower with further doorway with double doors, cusped head and carved tympanum. Tower has single circular window to south face. East face has stone carved pieta under curved hood. All faces have small diamond shaped windows to stairs. Ashlar top stage has 3 rows of 2 round arched bell openings to each face topped by a large pyramidal copper roof with gilded cross.
Chancel has triple arched window with carved mullions to aisle and above 2 pairs of similar round arched windows with carved mullions.
Ritual east end has blank shallow curved wall.
Parish room and vestry attached to north-west corner with to south 4 arched windows to each floor with carved mullions. In the corner a tall square chimney stack.
Nave west front has 5 full height battered buttresses with ashlar caps. Ground floor has 4 pairs of round arched windows with carved mullions and above 5 single round arched windows.
INTERIOR has 5 arched nave arcade to east with circular gold mosaic piers with painted capitals and black mosaic bases. Arcade has round brick arches. Chancel has 2 plain brick arches. Nave and aisle have wooden roofs with gilded diamond patterning. Contemporary wooden pews and pulpit. 3 steps to raised chancel with metal altar rail and stone altar table with carved and gilded circular piers, painted reredos with opening doors. Glazed screen to former Galilee porch now converted to side chapel. Baptistry at base of tower has stone carved cubic font with carved front.
Included as a very fine surviving work by one of the leading Roman Catholic architects of the twentieth century.
Listing NGR: SD5188106090
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 479375
- 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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