St Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble
St Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble | |
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Groundbreaking | 1835 construction start: 1836 |
Completed | 1902 |
Specifications | |
Materials | Sandstone, slate roofs |
Administration | |
Province | York |
Diocese | Blackburn |
Archdeaconry | Lancaster |
Deanery | Preston |
Parish | St Andrew, Ashton-on-Ribble |
Clergy | |
Minister(s) | Revd James D. G. Nash Revd Jonny W. S. Lee |
Laity | |
Reader(s) | Dr. Brian Hitchen |
Churchwarden(s) | Mr Howard Robinson, Mr Dave Underhill |
Parish administrator | Mrs Michelle Bateman |
St Andrew's Church is in Blackpool Road, Ashton-on-Ribble, Preston, Lancashire, England. It is an active Anglican parish church in the deanery of Preston, the archdeaconry of Lancaster, and the diocese of Blackburn. The church is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade II listed building.[1]
History
The foundation stone of the church was laid on 20 August 1835, and the church was built in the 1836
Present day
St Andrew's Church is within the
Architecture
Exterior
The church is constructed in sandstone with slate roofs. Its plan consists of a four-bay nave, a wide north aisle, a north porch, a chancel with an organ chamber to the north, a vestry to the east, and a small west tower. The tower is in Romanesque style, and the rest of the church is in Early English style. The tower is in three stages, with buttresses, and a short broach spire. In the bottom stage are two round-headed lancet windows, with a similar but larger window in the middle stage. The bell openings are louvred, and consist of triple round-headed lancets. Along the sides of the nave and the aisle are three two-light windows, and a three-light window in the eastern bay.[1]
Interior
Inside the church, the arcade is carried on cylindrical piers of polished pink granite. In the chancel is a sedilia. On the wall of the church are monuments to members of the Pedder family.[1] The stained glass in the east window is by Hardman.[3] The three-manual organ was built in 1902 by Henry Willis & Sons. It was overhauled in 1969 by J. W. Walker, and again in 2001 by Wood of Huddersfield.[4]
External features
The churchyard contains the war graves of a Royal Air Force officer of World War I, and an Army Dental Corps officer and Royal Army Medical Corps sergeant of World War II.[5]
Further reading
- Douglas B Cochrane, A History of the Parish of St Andrew's Ashton-on-Ribble, ASAA
See also
References
- ^ a b c Historic England, "Church of St Andrew, Preston (1207244)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 June 2018
- ^ History of St Andrew's, St Andrew's Church, Ashton-on-Ribble, retrieved 26 June 2018
- ^ ISBN 978-0-300-12667-9
- ^ Lancashire, Preston--Ashton on Ribble, St. Andrew, Blackpool Road (N01834), British Institute of Organ Studies, retrieved 26 June 2018
- ^ Ashton-on-Ribble (St Andrew) Churchyard, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, retrieved 12 February 2013