Church of St Stephen
CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, HIELAND ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384470
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jul-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Stephen
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, HIELAND ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1384470
- Date first listed:
- 11-Jul-1983
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Stephen
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST STEPHEN, HIELAND 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 STEPHEN, HIELAND ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Wigan (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 59290 06702
Details
WIGAN
SD50NE HIELAND ROAD, Whelley
24-1/2/135 Church of St Stephen
11/07/83
II
Church. 1930-38, in several builds, by Austin and Paley.
Snecked sandstone rubble, green slate roofs. Free
Perpendicular style.
PLAN: nave and chancel in one, with low north and south
aisles, south porch, vestry parallel to chancel.
EXTERIOR: the nave has broad clasping buttresses at the west
end, a canted baptistery between these, above this a large
transomed 4-light west window, and on the south side 4 large
3-light clerestory windows with Perpendicular tracery.
The south aisle has a prominent gabled porch to the 1st bay
with diagonal buttresses, and a 2-centred arched doorway
moulded in 2 orders with a hood-mould stepped over a shield at
the apex; pairs of square-headed windows with arched lights
and hollow spandrels, and at the east end a small porch with
arched side door and hipped roof.
The chancel has a canted east end with a parapet, and
buttresses flanking a large 5-light window with simple
Perpendicular tracery. The tall 2-bay vestry attached to its
south side has on the south side 2 square-headed 2-light
windows with cusped lights, mouchette tracery and hood-moulds
with deep returned ends; and at the east end a broad corner
buttress with offsets, a 2-centred arched 3-light east window
with Perpendicular tracery, flanked by pilaster buttresses
carried up to a large gabled bellcote.
INTERIOR not inspected.
Listing NGR: SD5929006702
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 484904
- 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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