CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
List Entry Summary
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Name: CHURCH OF ST GEORGE
List entry Number: 1384568
Location
CHURCH OF ST GEORGE, WATER STREET
The building may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
County:
District: Wigan
District Type: Metropolitan Authority
Parish:
National Park: Not applicable to this List entry.
Grade: II
Date first listed: 24-Oct-1951
Date of most recent amendment: Not applicable to this List entry.
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Legacy System: LBS
UID: 485003
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Details
WIGAN
SD5805NW WATER STREET
24-1/7/118 Church of St George
24/10/51
II
Church. 1781, damaged by fire 1980, restored 1988. Red brick
in Flemish bond with sandstone dressings and rendered plinth,
slate roof. Rectangular plan with short rectangular apse.
Georgian style.
EXTERIOR: gable to road. 2 storeys and 3 bays, symmetrical,
with a broad centre breaking forwards slightly and finished as
a shaped gable surmounted by a bellcote; with a scored stucco
plinth, sillbands to both floors, triglyph frieze and
modillioned cornice to the outer bays linked by a band across
the centre. The centre has a semi-elliptical headed blank arch
containing an open-pedimented Tuscan doorcase with engaged
columns framing a round-headed doorway with imposts and
keystone, renewed double doors and fanlight with radiating
metal tracery; a round-headed niche at 1st floor; a square
panel in the gable with the cross of St John; and a rebuilt
bellcote which has scrolled supporters and a small
round-headed opening with imposts and keystone. The flanking
bays each have one keyed round-headed window at 1st floor. The
4-bay side walls have similar round-headed windows on both
floors. The apse has a tall round-headed window with moulded
architrave and keystone.
INTERIOR: not inspected. The rector of Wigan reports that it
was entirely gutted by fire, none of the original remaining;
but that the new arrangements are "very interesting".
Listing NGR: SD5848405959
Selected Sources
National Grid Reference: SD 58484 05959
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