SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, HEYS STREET

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Overview

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391575
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-2006
List Entry Name:: SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
Statutory Address:: SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, HEYS STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:: Listed Building
Grade:: II
List Entry Number:: 1391575
Date first listed:: 12-Apr-2006
List Entry Name:: SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH
Statutory Address 1:: SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, HEYS STREET

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.

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This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

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.

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Location

Statutory Address:: SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH, HEYS STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:: Lancashire
District:: Wyre (District Authority)
Parish:: Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:: SD 33803 43278

Details

THORNTON

30/0/10007 HEYS STREET 12-APR-06 Thornton Cleveleys SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH

II Roman Catholic church, 1899, by Pugin & Pugin. Rock-faced coursed dressed sandstone with red sandstone ashlar dressings beneath slate roofs. Chancel at west end under single roof with two side chapels, each under its own roof. Square tower at east end. Nave under single roof. EXTERIOR: A rectangular chancel with a pitched roof, angle buttresses, dripmoulding, a rose window with curvilinear tracery at the west end, and stone-mullioned pointed-arched windows with curvilinear tracery in the north and south walls. Side chapels buttress the chancel; each has a lean-to roof, dripmoulding and a single buttress, that to the north has stone-mullioned pointed-arched windows with quatrefoil in the west and north walls, that to the south has similar window in west wall only. North wall of nave has buttresses, dripmoulding and stone-mullioned pointed-arched windows with curvilinear tracery. East wall of nave to north of tower has angle buttress, two small round-headed windows and larger stone-mullioned pointed-arched window above with dripmould and curvilinear tracery. Tower has buttresses partly built into east wall of nave at two corners and angle buttresses at other two corners. North and south faces of tower are identical and consist of a pointed-arched doorway beneath a dripmoulding. The doors are of two leaves and pivot on hinges attached to the inside of the tower wall. Above is a narrow round-arched window beneath a dripmould and above that a stringcourse marking the base of the belfry. The east face of the tower has a narrow central recess topped by a decorated dripmould beneath which a white stone statue of Christ stands on a hexagonal plinth. Two narrow rectangular windows flank the statue. Above is a stone-mullioned pointed-arched window with geometrical tracery beneath a dripmould. The belfry has two pointed-arched belfry windows in each face beneath a continuous hoodmould. Above is a corbel table supporting a string course upon which stands the crenallated top of the tower. East wall of nave to south of tower has angle buttress, stone-mullioned window to ground floor and above a stone-mullioned pointed-arched window with curvilinear tracery beneath a dripmould. South wall of nave similar to north wall but with single-storey sacristy and modern extension attached. INTERIOR: Chancel at west end of church separated from nave by tall pointed-arched opening. Rose window at west end of chancel with stained glass, clear leaded glass in side windows. Plain semi-octagonal timber roof. Reredos beneath rose window, circular millstone altar table and marble pulpit. Side chapels separated from nave by narrow pointed-arch openings, each have stained glass windows at west end behind a reredos. North side chapel also has a stained glass side window and a marble font. Marble communion rail with gates for access to chancel and side chapels runs across width of nave. Pulpit in matching marble to communion rail. Nave has two stained glass windows in north wall and one in south wall. South wall also has doors to sacristy. At the east end is a fine balustraded timber balcony on arched supports running the full width of the nave. The organ is centrally placed on the balcony against the east wall. Seating in the nave and balcony is provided by open back benches. The nave roof timbers are arched-braced collar beamed truss supporting strutted king post. The chancel has a barrel-vaulted roof. Presbytery adjacent to church by same architect and in same materials as the church. It is not considered to be of architectural or historic interest and is thus not considered to be of listable quality.

SUMMARY OF IMPORTANCE:

A fine and relatively unaltered Roman Catholic church designed by Pugin & Pugin showing some good distinctive features. It merits listing.

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:: 492016
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.