Church of St Mary and All Saints, Whalley
St Mary and All Saints, Whalley | |
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53°49′16″N 2°24′28″W / 53.8212°N 2.4077°W | |
OS grid reference | SD 7325436180 |
Location | Whalley, Lancashire |
Country | England |
Denomination | Anglican |
Website | www.whalleypc.org.uk |
Architecture | |
Functional status | Active |
Heritage designation | Grade I |
Designated | 13 February 1967 |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Blackburn |
Deanery | Whalley |
Clergy | |
Vicar(s) | Revd Jonathan Carmyllie |
Curate(s) | Rev Jane Lee |
The Church of St Mary and All Saints is an
History
A church probably existed on this site in
Architecture
Exterior
The church is built of sandstone rubble with a slate roof.[6] It has a clerestoried nave with north and south aisles, a chancel with vestry, porches and a tower.[5] The large east window is in the perpendicular style and has five cinquefoil lights.[1] The four clerestory windows on either side each have two cinquefoil lights.[5] The north and south aisles both have square-headed windows, five on the south side and three on the north.[6] There are two modern dormer windows in the roof of the north aisle.[5]
The tower is in the perpendicular style and Claire Hartwell and Pevsner, in the Buildings of England, note similarities to many North Lancashire church towers.[1] It is 70 feet (21 m) high with buttresses and a crenellated parapet.[5][6] The belfry louvres each have two trefoiled lights with tracery.[6] There is a clock on the east wall of the tower.[5]
Interior and fittings
The south porch was added in 1844 but the doorway into the church contains parts of the pillars from the Norman church of the 11th century. The octagonal font of yellow
Of particular interest inside the church is the furniture. Simon Jenkins, in his England's Thousand Best Churches, suggests that ".. the church could qualify as a museum of ecclesiastical seating".[8] On the north aisle is a churchwarden's pew, which seats eight, dating from 1690, then a constables' pew, benches dated 1638, a rectory pew of 1702 and then St. Anton's Cage (see below).
At the east end of the north aisle there is a
The
St. Anton's Cage, a large pew next to the Lady Chapel, was originally for the Nowell family of Read, near Padiham. Made in 1534 it was extended twice in the 17th century. Above the doors are the initials of the Fort and Taylor families who vied for possession of the pew in the early 19th century. A date, 1830, references the division of the pew by order of an ecclesiastical court, in order to resolve the dispute. But the compromise suited neither family and the pew was abandoned, each family building private galleries elsewhere in the nave. These have now disappeared.[8] An oak box within the pew contains a 1684 edition of Foxe's Book of Martyrs and an early edition of Whittaker's History of Whalley.[7]
The organ, dating from 1727, was originally built for
Churchyard
The churchyard has three stone
Governance
In September 2015 Revd Jonathan Carmyllie was appointed the Vicar of West Pendleside parishes. Currently serving in the Diocese of Manchester, Revd Carmyllie was Instituted and Inducted at St Nicholas' church, Sabden on 30 September 2015.[13]
See also
- Grade I listed churches in Lancashire
- Grade I listed buildings in Lancashire
- Scheduled monuments in Lancashire
- Listed buildings in Whalley, Lancashire
References
Footnotes
- ^ a b c d e f g Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 685
- ^ Historic England. "Three high crosses in St Mary's churchyard (Grade SM) (1009489)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^ Whitaker (1818), p. 53
- ^ Farrer & Brownbill (1908), p. 6
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Farrer & Brownbill (1911), pp. 349–60
- ^ a b c d e Historic England, "Church Of St Mary And All Saints, Whalley (1164684)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 September 2015
- ^ a b c "Saint Mary and All Saints Parish Church, Whalley - Visitors Guide", available in the church, 2011.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-14-103930-5
- ^ a b c Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 686
- ^ UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- ^ Hartwell & Pevsner (2009), p. 688
- ^ Historic England, "Sundial East Of Church Of St Mary And All Saints, Whalley (1072042)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 23 September 2015
- ^ "Our New Vicar". Ann Avery & Peter Ward. Archived from the original on 26 September 2015. Retrieved 25 September 2015.
Sources
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1908), "Ecclesiastical History", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 2, retrieved 27 January 2012
- Farrer, William; Brownbill, J., eds. (1911), "The Parish of Whalley", A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 6, retrieved 3 November 2010
- Hartwell, Clare; ISBN 0-300-12667-0
- OCLC 505043464
External links
- Official website
- St Mary and All Saints at Ribble Valley Borough Council