Church of St Chad
CHURCH OF ST CHAD, TONGE FOLD ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390493
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Chad
- Statutory Address:
- CHURCH OF ST CHAD, TONGE FOLD ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1390493
- Date first listed:
- 09-May-2003
- List Entry Name:
- Church of St Chad
- Statutory Address 1:
- CHURCH OF ST CHAD, TONGE FOLD 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 CHAD, TONGE FOLD 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 73125 09293
Details
797-1/0/10010 TONGE FOLD ROAD 09-MAY-03 Tonge Fold Church of St Chad
II Church. 1937. By R. Nickson. Red brick with high blue brick plinth and low pitch copper roofs. Modern style with Scandinavian influences. Tall chancel, east vestries and rooms, nave with aisles, west baptistery and north west campanile. Mainly tall narrow metal-framed windows. The east end is blank with incised cross high in the gable. Tall triple windows to sides of chancel with much lower vestries and rooms surrounding it. The aisles also have tall windows and there is a narrow clerestory above, which has a long row of small windows emphasising the horizontal line. The aisles project beyond the west end where there are four tall windows to the gable wall. The baptistery is below. There is an entrance in the south west corner and in the north west corner is the campanile. This has an entrance on the west side then an arched window above and then tall blank walling up to the bell stage which is stepped-in, white-washed, and has tall bell openings.
INTERIOR. The high soaring chancel is lit from either side and has a round arch to the nave. The long nave was partitioned at halfway in 1987 but the square nave piers all survive supporting the clerestory and nave roof. This has massive partly decorated tie beams and the roof is partly shallow canted. Some contemporary fittings survive.
This fine and impressive design remains effective although the partition has divided the nave. It was published in 50 Modern Churches.
50 Modern Churches, Incorporated Church Building Society, London, 1945, p.70-3.
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 490372
- 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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