Church of St Andrew and St George (United Reformed)
UNITED REFORMED CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST GEORGE, ST GEORGES ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388255
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew and St George (United Reformed)
- Statutory Address:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST GEORGE, ST GEORGES ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1388255
- Date first listed:
- 30-Apr-1999
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 19-Aug-1999
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Andrew and St George (United Reformed)
- Statutory Address 1:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST GEORGE, ST GEORGES ROAD
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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:
- UNITED REFORMED CHURCH OF ST ANDREW AND ST GEORGE, ST GEORGES ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bolton (Metropolitan Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 71544 09539
Details
SD 7109 NE ST GEORGE'S ROAD
797-1/14/797 (South side)
30/4/99 United Reformed Church of St
Andrew and St George
GV II
Includes: St George's Road Congregational Church KNOWLSEY STREET. Congregational church. 1863. Oliver and lamb of Newcastle Upon Tyne, architects. Coursed and squared stone with slate roof. Built over a basement with school rooms etc. Tower at north-east angle, formerly surmounted by a spire (demolished c1960).
INTERIOR: eastern vestibule remodelled 1938, with rich wall panelling. Body of church has S bay arcade with slender clustered shafts (possibly cast-iron), partially encased in wood. Horse-shoe gallery to east, north and south occupying 2 easternmost bays, which have shafts in 2 tiers. The gallery was remodelled 1938. Short shafts with foliate capitals to chancel arch, the chancel itself refitted in 1936 with wood wall panelling, choir stalls, pulpit and organ loft, as the gift of William Hulme, 2nd Viscount Leverhulme. Paired foiled lancets with rose window over in west wall, containing stained glass of c1870. Cambered trusses to wagon roof, with decorative wrought-iron braces to trusses. Stained glass in north and south aisles c1936-1938, memorials to lord and Lady Leverhulme, and members of the Tillotson family. 3 further stained glass windows moved from the church of St Andrew. Lord Leverhulme worshipped in the church and was married in it in 1874.
(Bolton Journal, 6 September 1884, Pictorial Bolton Series XXXII: Bolton).
Listing NGR: SD7154409539
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 476253
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Bolton Journal in Pictorial Bolton Series XXXII 6th September, (1884)
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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