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Church in Lancashire, England
St James the Great Church is in Church Lane, to the west of Wrightington in Lancashire , England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Chorley, the archdeaconry of Blackburn, and the diocese of Blackburn .[1] National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building .[2]
The Church's community also runs a theatre group, known as 'The St James Players', for people of all age to participate in, and performs an annual play or pantomime in the theatre building directly across from the Church itself.
History [ edit ]
The church was designed by the Lancaster architect E. G. Paley . It was built in 1854, but not consecrated until 1857. As originally built, it provided seating for 400 people.[3]
Architecture [ edit ]
Exterior [ edit ]
St James' is constructed in sandstone rubble and has a slate roof. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave with a south aisle , a south porch, and a chancel . At the west end is a rose window , above which is a gabled bellcote . Along the north wall of the nave are four pairs of lancet windows , between which are buttresses , and along the south wall of the aisle are three similar windows. The chancel has two lancets in the south wall, and a triple stepped lancet window at the east end.[2]
Interior [ edit ]
Inside the church is an arcade carried on alternate round and octagonal piers . The church has an open timber roof.[2] [4] manual organ was made in 1916 by Jardine of Manchester and modified in about 1985 by Pendlebury of Cleveleys .[5] Buildings of England [4]
External features [ edit ]
The churchyard contains the war graves of a soldier and an airman of World War II .[6]
See also [ edit ]
References [ edit ]
^ a b c Historic England , "Church of St James, Wrightington (1073009)" , National Heritage List for England , retrieved 1 June 2012
^ Brandwood, Geoff; Austin, Tim; Hughes, John; Price, James (2012), The Architecture of Sharpe, Paley and Austin , Swindon: English Heritage , p. 216, ISBN 978-1-84802-049-8
^ a b Hartwell, Clare; Pevsner, Nikolaus (2009) [1969], Lancashire: North , The Buildings of England, New Haven and London: Yale University Press , p. 712, ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
^ Lancashire, Wrightington, St. James the Great, Church Lane (E01392) British Institute of Organ Studies , retrieved 22 May 2011
^ WRIGHTINGTON (ST. JAMES THE GREAT) CHURCHYARD Commonwealth War Graves Commission , retrieved 17 February 2013
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