List of new churches by George Gilbert Scott in Northern England

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George Gilbert Scott (1811–78) was an English architect. Following his training, in 1836 he started working with William Bonython Moffatt, and they entered into partnership, initially specialising in designing workhouses. Scott became increasingly interested in the Gothic style, and the design of churches in this style.[1] The partnership was dissolved in 1846, and Scott then set up his own office.[2] He became "known primarily as a church architect",[3] and as such he designed many new churches,[4] and restored many more.[5] In addition he designed monuments and memorials,[6] public buildings including government offices,[7] educational buildings,[8] commercial buildings,[9] and houses.[10]

This list contains new churches designed by Scott in the north of England, more specifically in the North West, North East, and Yorkshire and the Humber regions. It is not complete, not least because some of the churches have been demolished.


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Grade Criteria[11]
Grade I Buildings of exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* Particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II Buildings of national importance and special interest.

Churches

Name Location Photograph Date Notes Grade
Christ Church Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire
54°05′05″N 0°11′36″W / 54.0847°N 0.1932°W / 54.0847; -0.1932 (Christ Church, Bridlington)
1840 A
Early English style, it was extended in 1851 and the steeple was added in 1859. It is in sandstone with a brick interior and slate roofs. The church consists of a nave, aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a southwest steeple. The steeple has four stages with octagonal angle buttresses rising to form turrets with pinnacles. On the tower is a tall spire with two tiers of lucarnes.[12][13]
 II
St Mark's Church Worsley, Greater Manchester
53°30′08″N 2°23′06″W / 53.5023°N 2.3849°W / 53.5023; -2.3849 (St Mark, Worsley)
1845–46 The church was built for Francis Egerton, 1st Earl of Ellesmere, and the north aisle was added in 1851. It is in stone with roofs of slate and copper, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a chapel, vestry and organ chamber, and a west steeple. The steeple has four stages, buttresses with gables, a west doorway, clock faces, crocketed gables, gargoyles, and a recessed spire with flying buttresses and lucarnes. The monument to Francis Egerton in the church was also designed by Scott.[14][15][16] I
Church of St Andrew and
St Mary 		Wakefield, West Yorkshire
53°40′58″N 1°29′23″W / 53.6827°N 1.4896°W / 53.6827; -1.4896 (St Andrew and St Mary, Wakefield)
—
 1846 The church is in
bellcote. The interior of the church was reordered in the 1970s.[17]
 II
St John's Church Sewerby, East Riding of Yorkshire
54°06′13″N 0°09′53″W / 54.1035°N 0.1646°W / 54.1035; -0.1646 (St John, Sewerby)
1846–48 St John's is in Norman style, and is built in sandstone with slate roofs. It consists of a nave, a chancel, a north transept, a northeast vestry, and a steeple at the southeast corner of the nave. The steeple has a slender tower with blind arcading in the bell stage, and a lead-covered splay-footed spire. At the west end is a central round-headed window flanked by intersecting arcades. In the gable is a vesica-shaped window and two small roundels.[18] II*
St Mark's Church Antrobus, Cheshire
53°18′45″N 2°32′06″W / 53.3124°N 2.5349°W / 53.3124; -2.5349 (St Mark, Antrobus)
—
 1847–48 St Mark's was a
weathervane. There is a south porch, and a priest's door in a broad buttress.[19][20]
 II
Christ Church Denton, Greater Manchester
53°27′22″N 2°07′18″W / 53.4560°N 2.1218°W / 53.4560; -2.1218 (Christ Church, Denton)
1848–53 A
geometrical tracery.[21][22]
 II
St John's Church Kingsley, Cheshire
53°16′12″N 2°40′48″W / 53.2701°N 2.6799°W / 53.2701; -2.6799 (St John, Kingsley)
—
 1849–50 St John's is in
Decorated style. It consists of a west steeple embraced by chambers, a nave, a short north aisle, a south porch, and a chancel with a north vestry. The steeple has a tower of one stage above the nave roof, a corbel table, and a splay-footed spire with lucarnes and clock faces. Inside the church the aisle arcade is in timber.[23][24]
 II
St Mary's Church Ambleside, Cumbria
54°25′52″N 2°58′00″W / 54.4310°N 2.9668°W / 54.4310; -2.9668 (St Mary, Ambleside)
1850–54 St Mary's is in
weathervane. On the church are seven gables with cross finials of different designs.[25][26]
 II*
St Mary's Church
Halton, Runcorn, Cheshire
53°19′55″N 2°41′47″W / 53.3320°N 2.6963°W / 53.3320; -2.6963 (St Mary, Halton)
1851–52 The church is built in
bellcote on the east gable of the nave, with gablets and a spirelet.[27][28]
 II
St Barnabas' Church Weeton, North Yorkshire
53°54′50″N 1°34′10″W / 53.9139°N 1.5694°W / 53.9139; -1.5694 (St Barnabas, Weeton)
1851–53 The church was designed for the Earl of Harewood. It is in gritstone, and has a roof of Westmorland slate. The church has a cruciform plan, and it consists of a nave, transepts, a chancel with a northeast vestry, and a central steeple with a broach spire.[29][30] II*
St John's Church Bilton, Harrogate, North Yorkshire
54°00′30″N 1°32′13″W / 54.0082°N 1.5369°W / 54.0082; -1.5369 (St John, Bilton)
1851–57 St John's is in gritstone with dressings in contrasting colours and a green slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a chancel and a west tower. The tower was designed to carry a spire, but this was never built. The aisle windows are lancets and the windows in the clerestory have two lights.[31] II*
St Mary's Church West Derby, Liverpool, Merseyside
53°26′00″N 2°54′31″W / 53.4334°N 2.9086°W / 53.4334; -2.9086 (St Mary, West Derby)
1853–56 St Mary's is in red
Geometrical style. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, north and south porches, transepts, a chancel with north and south chapels and a south vestry, and a tower at the crossing. The tower has two stages with a pierced parapet and octagonal angle turrets with crocketed pinnacles.[32][33]
 II*
St James' Church New Brighton, Wirral, Merseyside
53°26′14″N 3°02′44″W / 53.4372°N 3.0456°W / 53.4372; -3.0456 (St James, New Brighton)
1854–56 The church is in stone with a slate roof, and has a cruciform plan. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, north and south transepts, a chancel with a south chapel and vestry, and a northeast steeple. The steeple has a four-stage tower with gabled angle buttresses, an east doorway, blind arcading to the north, a cornice with ball flowers, and a broach spire with lucarnes and niches above the broaches.[34][35] II
St George's Minster
 Doncaster, South Yorkshire
53°31′32″N 1°08′07″W / 53.5256°N 1.1354°W / 53.5256; -1.1354 (St George, Doncaster)
1854–58 St George's Minster is in
Decorated styles. The church has a cruciform plan, consisting of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a tower at the crossing, north and south transepts, and a chancel, also with aisles. The tower has two stages above the crossing, angle buttresses, a circular stair turret at the northeast corner, and pierced, crocketed, and gableted parapets with corner and central pinnacles.[36][37]
 I
St Michael's Church Hulme Walfield, Cheshire
53°10′56″N 2°13′55″W / 53.1821°N 2.2320°W / 53.1821; -2.2320 (St Michael, Hulme Walfield)
1855–56 The church is built in
bellcote. Inside the church the arcade has circular piers with capitals carved with naturalistic foliage.[38][39]
 II
St John the Evangelist's Church Cadeby, South Yorkshire
53°29′56″N 1°13′31″W / 53.4989°N 1.2254°W / 53.4989; -1.2254 (St John, Cadeby)
1856 The church was built for
bellcote.[40]
 II
All Souls Church
 Halifax, West Yorkshire
53°43′50″N 1°51′46″W / 53.7305°N 1.8628°W / 53.7305; -1.8628 (All Souls, Halifax)
1856 All Souls church is built in stone, it has a
baptistry in the base of the tower.[41][42]
 I
St Michael's Church Crewe Green, Cheshire
53°05′41″N 2°24′33″W / 53.0947°N 2.40920°W / 53.0947; -2.40920 (St Michael, Crewe Green)
1857–58 The church is in red brick on a
plinth, with blue brick diapering, bands of encaustic tiles, and a tile roof. It consists of a nave, a chancel with an apse, and a north bell-turret. The bell-turret is octagonal, slightly corbelled out, and has a stone roof. The buttresses have poppyhead finials, and the shafts have capitals carved with naturalistic foliage. The interior also contains polychrome brickwork.[43][44]
 II*
St Thomas' Church Huddersfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
53°38′33″N 1°47′33″W / 53.6424°N 1.7924°W / 53.6424; -1.7924 (St Thomas, Huddersfield)
1857–59 The church is in stone with a slate roof. It consists of a nave, aisles under separate roofs, a chancel with a north chapel and vestry, a south sacristy, and a west steeple. The steeple has a tower with four stages, octagonal stair towers with conical roofs, and a broach spire with gabled lucarnes.[45] II*
St James' Church Doncaster, South Yorkshire
53°31′08″N 1°08′19″W / 53.5189°N 1.1387°W / 53.5189; -1.1387 (St James, Doncaster)
1858 The church was designed in conjunction with
ballflower cornice and gargoyles. On the tower is a spire with bands of blind quatrefoils.[46]
 II
St John's Church Sandbach Heath, Sandbach, Cheshire
53°09′03″N 2°20′15″W / 53.1507°N 2.3374°W / 53.1507; -2.3374 (St John, Sandbach Heath)
1861 St John's is in yellow stone with red
Decorated style. It has a cruciform plan, and consists of a nave, north and south transepts, a chancel, and a steeple at the crossing. The capitals around the crossing are carved with foliage and angels.[47][48]
 II
St Barnabas' Church Bromborough, Wirral, Merseyside
53°19′58″N 2°58′44″W / 53.3329°N 2.9788°W / 53.3329; -2.9788 (St Barnabas, Bromborough)
1862–64 The
Lombard frieze, and a broach spire with lucarnes.[49][50]
 II*
All Saints Church Scholar Green, Odd Rode, Cheshire
53°19′58″N 2°58′44″W / 53.3329°N 2.9788°W / 53.3329; -2.9788 (All Saints, Scholar Green)
1863–64 All Saints is in stone with a tile roof. It consists of a
weathervane.[51][52]
 II*
St Peter's Church Arthington, Leeds, West Yorkshire
53°53′51″N 1°34′52″W / 53.8975°N 1.5811°W / 53.8975; -1.5811 (St Peter, Arthington)
1864 The church is in
wheel window above.[53]
 II
St Luke's Church Pendleton, Salford,
Greater Manchester
53°29′02″N 2°18′10″W / 53.4840°N 2.3028°W / 53.4840; -2.3028 (St Luke, Pendleton)
1865 The chancel chapel was added in 1873–78 to Scott's design. The church is in sandstone with a tile roof, and consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a north porch, a chancel with a polygonal apse, north and south chapels, and a west steeple. The steeple has angle buttresses and a broach spire with lucarnes.[54][55] II*
St Thomas of Canterbury Church Chester, Cheshire
53°11′54″N 2°53′47″W / 53.1984°N 2.8964°W / 53.1984; -2.8964 (St Thomas of Canterbury, Chester) 		1869–72 The west
Early English style. It consists of a nave, aisles, a north porch, a chancel with a north chapel, and a southeast tower. Only two of the intended three stages of the tower were completed. There is a square turret at the southwest corner of the tower that has a timber belfry with a pyramidal copper roof.[56][57]
 II
St Matthew's Church Stretton, Cheshire
53°20′25″N 2°34′18″W / 53.3404°N 2.5717°W / 53.3404; -2.5717 (St Matthew, Stretton)
1870 The church is in
Early English style, and is built in red sandstone with Westmorland slate roofs. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a chancel with a north vestry and a west tower. The tower has three stages, angle buttresses, an octagonal northeast turret, and a corbelled plain parapet.[58][59]
 II
St Mary's Church Mirfield, Kirklees, West Yorkshire
53°40′47″N 1°40′53″W / 53.6798°N 1.6814°W / 53.6798; -1.6814 (St Mary, Mirfield)
1871 St Mary's is in
Early English style, and is built in ashlar with a stone slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a chancel with a south chapel and a north vestry, and a west tower. The tower has four stages, with diagonal buttresses that rise to octagonal and terminate in pinnacles with spire. At the top is a plain parapet on a corbel table.[60]
 II*
All Souls Church
 Leeds, West Yorkshire
53°48′29″N 1°32′48″W / 53.8080°N 1.5468°W / 53.8080; -1.5468 (All Souls, Leeds)
1876–80 The church is in gritstone with a slate roof. It consists of a nave with a clerestory, aisles, a south porch, a chancel, and a large northwest tower. The tower has four stages, an octagonal stair turret, a pierced parapet with a short pyramidal spire. The building of the church was completed after Scott's death by his son John Oldrid Scott.[61][62] II*

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